The Mayor of Trieste and officials from the Friuli Venezia Giulia region recently conducted separate inspections: the mayor focused on migrants sleeping rough, while regional officials examined issues related to unaccompanied foreig1
The leaders of Somalia and Germany have agreed to boost the number of deportations of Somali migrants without legal status. The deal will mostly affect a handful of people convicted of serious crimes.
Another body has been found on a beach in northern France – possibly a migrant who died attempting to cross the Channel to Britain. Reports say seven bodies have been found in the area in the past week.
A French court has sentenced 18 people – mainly Iraqi Kurds – to prison terms of up to 15 years for organising a major migrant-smuggling ring that transported people across the English Channel in small, flimsy boats.
Another group of migrants boarded the Italian Navy ship Libra on November 4 to be transferred to Albania, even though judges are continuing not to validate the practice.