Human Rights Watch has denounced that the failure of European policies cause suffering in the migrant population, issuing a number of recommendations for policies that are respectful of their human rights ahead of a summit of EU cou1
The migrants who arrived safely in Pozzallo tell of the horrors of the shipwreck in the Mediterranean in which 70 people are believed to have died, including a pregnant woman and a newborn baby.
The EU says plans to return migrants rescued at sea to detention centers in North Africa won't lead to inhumane conditions. Rights groups fear that refugees won't be treated with dignity, citing migrant camps in Libya.
Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic have called for the EU's border management agency to be strengthened. The Visegrad Group has pushed for tough policies on irregular migration to the EU.
Italy is impounding a Dutch-flagged migrant rescue ship after the Netherlands denied responsibility for the vessel. It is operated by German NGO Mission Lifeline.