Italian Premier Mario Draghi has announced Europe should commit itself to encouraging legal migration channels, following the model of humanitarian corridors. He stressed the need for "truly European management" of migratory flows.
A Syrian family was deported to Turkey by Frontex in 2016 despite having lodged asylum claims in Greece. Now, they have taken the EU border agency to the European Court of Justice. The lawsuit could set a precedence.
The 406 migrants and refugees currently aboard the Sea-Watch 3 will be allowed to disembark in Pozzallo, Italy. They had been rescued in the Mediterranean on Sunday and Monday; several migrants have since been evacuated from the shi1
Prosecutors want the case against the captain and the owner of the migrant rescue ship Mare Jonio to be dropped. Both had been accused of facilitating undocumented migration and violating the Italian navigation code.
Greece's migration ministry has rejected claims from NGOs that refugees and migrants residing in camps across the country have been deprived of food. This comes after UNHCR handed over the cash assistance program to Greek authoritie1