Italian authorities have allowed 306 migrants on board the Ocean Viking to disembark in Sicily’s east coast port of Augusta. Meanwhile the Italian coast guard rescued 396 migrants from a wooden fishing boat which had run aground off1
Thousands of migrants and refugees are stuck in the border region between Belarus and Poland. The UN agencies for migration (IOM) and refugees (UNHCR) have called for an "urgent resolution" of the crisis to "prevent further loss of1
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and the EU's Charles Michel discussed new measures against Belarus and other actors involved in the migrant standoff during Michel's visit to Warsaw.
Hardly anyone used to stray into the villages on Belarus' western border. But with more migrants stranded here, residents are unsettled. Ales Petrowitsch reports from Belarus' border with Poland.
Almost two thirds of worldwide development aid for refugees and their host countries are financed by the United States of America, Germany and EU institutions, the OECD has said. The organization recommended a broader donor base.