Two dozen migrants are believed to have drowned after their boat capsized off the Libyan coast in the night from Sunday to Monday. So far this year, close to 600 people have died in the Mediterranean trying to get to Europe.
Greek police have arrested six people in connection with the fire that razed the Moria migrant camp on Lesbos Island last week. The suspects are reportedly Afghan nationals whose asylum applications were rejected.
The Community of Sant'Egidio, the Jesuit Refugee Service, and the Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo are appealing to Europe to immediately welcome the migrants and refugees who remain displaced on the Greek island of Lesbos1
Dozens of people who were living in a makeshift tent camp near Rome's central Termini train station were evicted by Italian authorities on Monday. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said it is concerned about those who were driven out, b1
The UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon says it provided "immediate assistance" on Monday to 37 people on a boat presumably in distress. One of the passengers had already died.