Nearly 100 migrants were rescued on Tuesday night from Aegean waters near the Greek island of Rhodes. The Greek coast guard said it would continue searching for survivors after their boat was found partially sunk.
Heightened security in the Mediterranean is pushing more migrants seeking a better life in Europe to try the longer -- and more dangerous -- Atlantic crossing to Spain's Canary Islands, which have seen a surge in arrivals.
Italian authorities have uncovered systematic illegal labor exploitation of migrants on a farm in the Milan area. The farm and all its assets have been seized, and seven people are under investigation.
Centro Astalli, the Jesuit service for refugees in Italy, said that regarding the controversy over migrant arrivals in Sicily, the real emergency "is the fact that people are dying in the Mediterranean and from causes that force the1
The NGO Mediterranea Saving Humans has announced that it is almost ready to resume search-and-rescue operations. They also called on European governments to do more to rescue migrants in the Mediterranean.