A new law passed by the Spanish parliament prohibits stripping migrants under age 18 to ascertain their age, a method that the UN has said violates the migrants' dignity. The law will come into force in June.

Italian police have said that in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region, on the border with Slovenia, some 75% of those that have gone missing are under age 18 compared with a national average of 50%. The region is a transit area for the1

The European Court of Justice has ruled that EU countries may not dismiss asylum applications on the ground that Norway has already rejected them.

Italian authorities have filed charges against 177 migrants in the Calabrian town of San Ferdinando accused of illicitly benefitting from the 'citizenship wage' basic income.