Naval ships will no longer be part of the European Union's anti-smuggling Operation Sophia from next month, EU sources said. Italy had threatened to halt the mission unless rescued migrants were taken to other countries.
The UN agency International Organization for Migration (IOM) is promoting a program in Gambia together with the private sector and government authorities to train migrants who have voluntarily returned to their home country and help1
The Women’s Refugee Commission in a new study found that "sexual violence against all refugees and migrants –women, men, girls and boys- appears to be commonplace along the central Mediterranean route." Their study outlines recommen1
Activist Luca Casarini, mission chief of the migrant rescue NGO Mediterranea, has been placed under investigation for favoring illegal immigration and refusing to obey an order from a warship during the rescue of 50 migrants by the1
Local institutions in Calabria are working on providing 30 housing units to the new San Ferdinando tent camp, in order to gradually clear the camp. A migrant from Senegal died last week in a fire at the camp.