Malta has asked Pope Francis to take in a migrant family as it pressures other EU nations to share refugee burdens. Malta is keeping 56 migrants — initially rescued by fishing boats — on a tourist ferry far offshore.
The Danish government says that more migrants left the country in 2019 than entered. But this is not a result of a softer immigration policy, the Danish Refugee Council says.
UNHCR has announced it will be distributing more emergency aid in Tripoli to help the most vulnerable during Ramadan, as war and the novel coronavirus pandemic increase difficulties for many.
Four people were arrested Sunday in the town of Foggia in southern Italy for exploiting migrant labor: three were entrepreneurs in the sector and one was a Gambian 'gangmaster'.
NGOs working in Tunisia have spoken out about the conditions of dozens of migrant held in a center in El Ouardia ''without knowing why they are detained'' and have urged the authorities to provide clarification on the matter.