The IOM has confirmed that at least 17 migrants are believed to have drowned in the Mediterranean on Wednesday evening. Their ship, which is thought to have departed from Libya, got into difficulty off the Tunisian coast. Two women1
Police in northeastern Italy have arrested two people accused of exploiting dozens of Pakistani migrant farmworkers. The laborers were reportedly underpaid, had to work without any coronavirus protections, and forced to pay for room1
The search and rescue ship Geo Barents will launch a new operation in the Mediterranean, Doctors Without Borders has announced. The ship will reportedly have several rooms onboard to provide medical assistance to rescued migrants, i1
The Council of Europe has expressed its wish that Greece investigate further the allegations of pushbacks and ill-treatment of migrants in the Aegean in an open letter. The Greek government in the meantime accuses some NGOs of worki1
Italian agricultural organization Coldiretti said the region of Apulia, in southern Italy, has been assigned 320 additional non-EU laborers for farm work in the region, which is in serious difficulty due to the coronavirus pandemic.