45 refugees from Niger reach Italy via humanitarian corridor
The refugees – eight families with 20 minors – arrived in Rome on Wednesday. This humanitarian corridor transfer from Libya was organized by Caritas and UNHCR.
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Italy's message to European Council: EU nations should take migrants to own ports
Italy's Parliament approved a majority motion on the communications of Premier Mario Draghi during the European Council meeting on June 24 and 25. Italy has been lobbying for greater burden-sharing in sea rescues with the EU for sev1
Italy: Ten people sentenced to long prison sentences in NGO migrant scam
A Milan court has convicted 10 members of an organization running a "system" that forged documents in order to gain management rights of reception facilities for hundreds of migrants. A woman was sentenced to 11 years in prison, the1
Tunisia rescues 267 migrants at sea
Tunisian authorities rescued 267 migrants in Mediterranean Sea on Thursday, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The migrants had tried to reach Europe from neighbouring Libya.
Paris: 300 people camp in front of City Hall to protest migrant accommodation provision
Hundreds of homeless migrants and their supporters set up tents in front of the Paris City Hall on Thursday evening to demand better accommodation. Mostly families from sub-Saharan Africa and unaccompanied minors, they pitched their1