Morocco's navy on Tuesday fired on a speedboat carrying migrants, leaving a young woman dead and three other people injured. Naval authorities said the boat had refused to respond to orders.
Migrant rights organizations have expressed concern and criticized new legislation on immigration and security in the so-called 'Salvini decree'.
The Regional Authority of the Northern Aegean has ordered Greece's Migration Ministry to pay a 100,000-euro fine over poor living conditions at two major migrant and refugee camps on the islands of Lesbos and Chios.
Spain is worried by a surge in young migrants from Morocco. According to data provided by EU border agency Frontex, 40 percent of the migrants who reached Spain's coasts in 2017 hailed from Morocco and Algeria.
France and Malta say 58 migrants stranded on a de-flagged rescue ship are to be accepted by four EU nations. The Aquarius 2 won't be allowed to dock in Malta, but instead has to transfer its occupants to a Maltese boat.