The Ocean Viking, a new rescue vessel run by SOS Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders (MSF), is on its way to the search and rescue (SAR) zone off Libya. The announcement comes eight months after the two charities were forced to1
Italian authorities carried out an operation at a shantytown in Borgo Mezzanone, in Foggia, and arrested two migrants.
Italian authorities have detained two migrants who were onboard Italian coast guard ship Bruno Gregoretti. The migrants are suspected of being the smugglers operating a boat on which the rescued migrants were travelling.
Libyan authorities in Tripoli have announced the shutdown of three migrant detention centers in Misrata, Khoms and Tajoura, which was hit by air strikes that killed at least 53 people.
German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer wants enhanced controls for travelers arriving from Switzerland following the killing of a boy at Frankfurt's railway station. Opposition politicians have accused him of populism.