Italian authorities have discovered in the area of Bologna six Afghan migrants who had almost frozen to death, hidden in a refrigerated truck that had disembarked at the central port city of Ancona from Thessaloniki in Greece.
Algerian authorities said they have foiled 42 departures towards European countries in five days, apprehending a total of 485 migrants. Officials also said they recovered the bodies of 10 people who died while attempting the crossin1
Working conditions in the meat industry have made headlines after COVID-19 outbreaks in slaughterhouses. Investigators are turning their attention to subcontracters suspected of smuggling in migrant workers illegally.
In a joint legal complaint, human rights organizations Oxfam and WeMove Europe have called on the European Commission to investigate what they say are "systematic breaches of EU law" by Greece in its treatment of asylum seekers.
More than 240 asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos have contracted the novel coronavirus. They are all housed at a temporary camp accommodation after the devastating fire at the Moria camp earlier in September.