On Thursday evening, the Italian authorities announced they had assigned the Sardinian port of Olbia as a "safe harbor" in which the humanitarian rescue ship Alan Kurdi could disembark the remaining 125 migrants on board.
Hungary's Viktor Orban, Poland's Mateusz Morawiecki and the Czech Republic's Andrej Babis shot down the EU's planned migration reform ahead of scheduled talks. The Visegrad group rejects asylum seeker quotas.
The European Commission plans to build new migrant reception facilities on Lesbos to be run together with Greece. Around 10,000 migrants from the destroyed Moria camp are currently being housed in a temporary tent facility on the is1
France will welcome 500 unaccompanied minors from Greece. The French European Affairs Minister has confirmed that 150 children are to be evacuated after the fire at Moria camp on Lesbos.
The southern French port city of Marseille has declared itself “ready to welcome” the migrant rescue ship Alan Kurdi when it arrives. On Wednesday the ship’s crew said it was heading for France after being refused entry by Italy and1