Save the Children has launched an appeal to participate in a campaign to light up 'Green lanterns' on social media, by tagging institutions, to highlight the dramatic situation of migrants on the border area between Poland and Belar1
Authorities in Ventimiglia, an Italian town in Liguria near the border with France, have announced the upcoming creation of a center of transit for migrants.
In one of this year's worst tragedies involving migrants trying to reach Europe by boat via the Mediterranean, at least 75 migrants have presumably died off the coast of Libya. Over 1,200 migrants have gone missing so far this year1
Migrants who returned to Iraq after being stranded at the Polish-Belarusian border for weeks have reported severe abuses by Polish and Belarusian police. Meanwhile, Poland's prime minister warned of a new surge in migrant arrivals,1
Libya's coast guard has threatened to hijack the privately-run Sea-Watch 4 rescue vessel over the weekend. The vessel reportedly was in international waters at the time of the incident.