Ventimiglia
Refugees' Dead End in Italy: Breaking Borders (Dispatch 7)
VICE News travels to the Italian town of Ventimiglia where hundreds of refugees and migrants are trapped after France closed its border.
Italian Police Raze Makeshift Migrant Camp Near French Border
Italian authorities forced 150 migrants to abandon a makeshift camp in Ventimiglia on Wednesday morning, triggering a standoff that lasted into the early evening.
We Caught a Train With the Migrants Trapped Between European Borders
VICE News traveled to the Italian town of Ventimiglia, where hundreds of migrants are desperate to make their way to France, and hopped a train across the border.
Protesters Arrested After French Police Stop Train From Italy Carrying Migrants
French police boarded a train that had just crossed into the country from Italy and detained around 100 migrants, a move that sparked a protest where activists were arrested.
4,400 Migrants Rescued Off Libya In 48 Hours Break Italy's Migrant Record
The latest rescue operations in the Mediterranean brought the number of migrants to have landed in Italy since 2015 to a record 69,000, as the Italian navy begins to recover the bodies of 800 migrants who died at sea in April.
France and Italy Can't Seem to Agree on What to Do About the Immigration Crisis
Since Thursday, 200 immigrants have been trying to cross the border between France and Italy, near the small town of Ventimiglia in Italy—but the French police have been preventing their entrance into the country.