A boat carrying nearly 100 migrants capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa, killing at least 26 people.

Thousand of migrants reached the Italian island of Lampedusa on more than 100 boats this week.

An Italian lawmaker says intelligence reports indicate 680,000 migrants in Libya are awaiting an opportunity to set out in smugglers' boats toward Italy.

Tunisian authorities say more than 50 migrants have drowned or disappeared off the coast of the North African country, while 33 others were rescued by workers from an oil platform.