Late on Tuesday, October 19, the private rescue yacht Nadir was able to disembark the 34 migrants it had rescued almost two days before. Another 412 migrants are still waiting on board the Sea-Watch 3 ship to be assigned a safe port1

A manhunt is underway after two migrants were found dead in a van at the Austro-Hungarian border. According to press reports, the van is thought to have contained "almost 30 migrants."

The UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi has asked to increase the scope of humanitarian assistance in Syria, including for people who have chosen to return home after being forced to flee elsewhere in the country or abroad.

The Italian Coalition for Freedom and Civil Rights (CILD) has reported that between 2018 and 2021, nearly €44 million were spent by private agencies to manage ten Centers for Residence and Repatriation (CPR) for migrants in Italy --1