Every year, thousands of migrants from Africa risk their lives to journey through the continent and then across the Mediterranean Sea.
The journey is long and treacherous and some estimate only half of those who depart actually make it to their destination.
Many head for Lampedusa - Italy's southern most island. Nick Clark reports.
Nyasa Times "Minister of Women and Child Development Kate Kainja-Kaluluma has passed away in United Kingdom. “Indeed Hon Kate Kainja Kaluluma has died,” confirmed family friends in London. The 57-year-old minister was admitted to a North England hospital – York Hospital. Diplomatic sources at Malawi High Commission in London have said arrangements are being made to send her remains to Malawi. Kainja who was Dedza South West Constituency parliamentarian flew to United Kingdom for medical attention after a long-illness. She is survived by a husband, Emanuel Kaluluma and three children."