Catholic charity Community of Sant'Egidio is planning to transfer 40 migrants and refugees from the 'Kara Tepe' camp on the Greek island of Lesbos to Italy in October. Among them are several unaccompanied minors.
The Geo Barents rescue ship, run by the medical charity Doctors without Borders (MSF), docked in a Sicilian port on Wednesday and disembarked the 60 migrants it had rescued just over a week earlier.
The French government announced on Wednesday that it will ask the departments to temporarily continue to support young people who have come of age and are dependent on the Aide Sociale à l'Enfance (ASE), the social assistance scheme1
The human rights organization has said Poland carried out an unlawful pushback of a group of migrants camped out on its border with Belarus.
Paris has accused former colonies of not doing enough to allow illegal immigrants to return. Algeria has summoned the French ambassador in response to the decision.