Migrant rights organizations are calling for urgent changes to Italy’s work permit system, criticizing it as "inefficient, inadequate, and dangerous". With quotas filling up in minutes, many workers are left without opportunities.
Federal police in Germany detained 16 people after they attempted to enter the country illegally. Germany has beefed up border controls of late as immigration dominates public discourse weeks before an election.
Authorities in Libya uncovered nearly 50 bodies in two mass graves in the southeastern city of Kufra, officials said Sunday. The discovery followed a raid on a human trafficking site, where 76 migrants were freed and three suspects1
An investigation has found that thousands of victims of modern slavery are not receiving access to support due to tougher immigration policies implemented in Britain under the previous government.
In two separate instances, authorities in Libya recovered almost 30 dead bodies, all believed to be those of migrants. Ten bodies were retrieved from a shipwreck, while 19 were discovered in a number of graves at a farm.