Spanish police have broken up a gang that smuggled hundreds of migrants across the Balkans into the European Union, cramming them in trucks in inhumane conditions. Police in nine countries were involved in the operation, authorities1
Libya's coast guard has intercepted 280 migrants on five boats on their journey to Europe. They are now due to be sent back to their respective countries of origins.
The private rescue ship Sea-Eye 4 has saved a total of more than 800 migrants in the Mediterranean in recent days while other NGO ships and the Italian coast guard rescued nearly 600. The Sea-Eye 4 is now heading for the Italian por1
Lithuania has begun erecting the first stretches of a steel wall on its border with Belarus. The barrier is meant to prevent irregular crossings of migrants.
The UN refugee agency UNHCR has urged governments around the world to do more to help stateless persons on the seventh anniversary of their #IBelong campaign.