Greece aims to send back asylum seekers from Somalia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria and Bangladesh who arrive from Turkey. The government says they are not in danger in Turkey and have no need of protection in Europe.
A report by the European Court of Auditors has slammed Frontex for failing to provide "sufficiently effective" assistance to countries looking to tackle illegal migration.
Italian interior minister Luciana Lamorgese and her Slovenian counterpart Aleš Hojs on Friday decided to resume joint police patrols within the next month along the Slovenian-Italian border to curb migration flows to Western Europe1
The Italian authorities on Friday detained eight alleged migrant smugglers during an operation off the country's southern Calabria region coast on the "mother ship" of a boat intercepted Thursday with 37 migrants onboard. Some 35 of1
A private rescue ship, the Sea-Eye 4, has been detained in Sicily for violating safety rules. The Sea-Eye organization says the real reason is that it rescued "too many people."