Sicilian police has arrested two men accused of extreme exploitation of migrant workers on Thursday. The suspects allegedly paid workers just three euros an hour to work in the fields for up to 12 hours a day.
Angela Merkel's CDU reportedly asked Wolfgang Schäuble to intervene in an escalating spat with the Bavarian CSU. Schäuble's support of Merkel and his criticism of her refugee policy give him credibility on both sides.
The major bribery scandal at one of Germany's refugee authority offices was not as serious as thought, a new investigation has shown. The affair triggered a political crisis.
Oxfam has claimed French police have cut the shoe soles of migrant minors, altered their age on documents and forced them back to Italy. The report comes as Italy and France exchange harsh words over migrants.
Thousands of citizens throughout Italy have staged sit-ins in public squares in recent days to express their solidarity with the migrant rescue ship Aquarius, which the Italian government has refused to allow to dock at its ports.