Finland has announced plans to resume transfers of certain asylum seekers to Italy under a new EU-wide mechanism, becoming the latest European country to do so after Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Sweden has also been sending peo1
The arrests come after Spain's North African exclave saw a deadly border surge in late July, when tens of thousands of migrants entered Ceuta.
Dozens of migrants arrived or were rescued near Crete on August 20 and 21. The complete tally of people reaching Greece irregularly in those 24 hours is estimated to be well over 200, with some reports placing that number closer to1
Spain's maritime rescue service has rescued 245 people who were aboard three inflatable boats in waters near the Canary Island of Lanzarote. Despite fewer arrivals to the Canaries this year, the death toll has been increasing.
Austria has started to send back certain asylum seekers to Italy, according to media reports. The four cases returned to Italy all involve asylum seekers who had already filed asylum claims in Italy before moving on to Austria to lo1