The NGO Tunisien pour les Droits Economiques et Sociaux (FTDES) has lashed out at EU migration policies in the southern Mediterranean and especially in Tunisia, as well as the Schengen visa system, in its first report on migration.
There has been a public outcry in Trieste, in Italy's northeastern Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, after migrants were photographed bathing and washing their clothes at a pier in the center of the city. The city mayor called it ''endl1
Migrants crossing the Niger desert are at risk of exploitation, violence and death, according to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), which has been providing medical and humanitarian assistance in Niger's Agadez region since August 2018.
The Netherlands joins a number of other European nations in implementing the controversial law. Some consider burqas a symbol of the oppression of women, while others view the ban as a violation of religious freedom.
Authorities in Greece have stepped up efforts to detain migrants without residence permits. Police have made a number of arrests in Thessaloniki and at some of the country's major airports.