Uzbekistan has told Foreign Minister Heiko Maas it is willing to help transport more Afghans to Germany. Maas has also urged China and Russia to join talks.

Dozens of people are still missing and feared dead after a wooden boat capsized off the coast of Senegal last week. It's the latest tragedy in a country where thousands have tried to migrate to Spain's Atlantic Canary Islands by sea.

More than 30 Afghan migrants stuck at the border between Poland and Belarus are sick, according to a Polish aid group. The migrants have been camped out for weeks near the town of Usnarz Gorny, east of Bialystok.

The trade union FLAI CGIL has pointed out a number of issues found at a reception center for migrant agricultural workers in southern Italy. Among the problems are a lack of guards, lodgings that are not divided properly, and issues1