More than 2,500 people have fled their homes in southwest Libya following devastating floods caused by heavy rains that began in late May, according to the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR. Four people have died in the flooding.
The number of applications for asylum in the EU is back up. About 206,500 applications were submitted during the first four months of 2019, compared with 179,000 in 2018, according to the European Asylum Support Office.
Danish Social Democrat leader Mette Frederiksen's tougher stance on immigration along with her idea of increasing welfare spending after years of austerity has been awarded by voters in Denmark. The center-left Social Democrats won1
The Greek coast guard arrested five people for alleged migrant smuggling on Sunday. The ring that transported migrants from Greece to Italy had been active for months, the coast guard said.
The Maridive 601, an Egyptian tugboat that rescued 75 migrants in international waters over one week ago, is still stranded off the Tunisian coast as Tunisian authorities refuse to let it dock.