UNHCR launches kit to teach school children about refugees
The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR has launched a kit to support education about refugees in Italian schools. The initiative was launched to mark World Teachers' Day on October 5.
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Migrant repatriation center under investigation in Italy
Four people have been placed under investigation by prosecutors in the southern Italian city of Bari, after a probe revealed that a repatriation center in the city was not providing adequate health care and checkups to residents at1
Rights group reports that French police cause misery for migrants in Calais
French police are inflicting misery on migrants in the northern port of Calais, routinely tearing down their tents and forcing them to wander the streets as part of a deterrence policy, Human Rights Watch said in a report Thursday.
Migrants: Ivorian files ECHR lawsuit over living conditions
A 30-year-old Ivorian citizen has filed a lawsuit at the European Court of Human Rights; asking for Italy to be condemned over the "inhuman and degrading conditions" in which he has been forced to live whilst working on the harvest.
Bodies of 17 people washed ashore in Libya
The Libyan Red Crescent says the bodies of 17 people were washed ashore in western Libya on Tuesday.