Italian authorities arrested two suspected migrant smugglers from Algeria. They were caught navigating a boat with 30 migrants on board. The suspects were reportedly arrested after an incriminating video-selfie of the pair emerged.
Having purchased tickets to travel from Sarajevo to Bihac near the Croatian border, 146 migrants were stopped once they got to their intended destination and sent back to the Bosnian capital.
Amnesty International has accused the EU's "cruel" migration policies of leaving refugees ''trapped'' in Libya, at risk of abuse in detention centers and "with no way out."
Bulgaria has said it opposes a UN pact on regulating the treatment of migrants and refugees. A growing number of EU states are voicing their reservations about the historic global agreement.
The UN agency International Organization for Migration (IOM) has resumed return flights from southern Libya, which had been suspended for a year and a half, with a charter that took 120 Nigerian migrants from the Libyan city of Sebh1