Italian authorities have uncovered a serious case of exploitation, after it was found that migrants were being forced to work under terrible conditions and were being tracked by their employers using GPS devices.
Two incidents were reported to have taken place in the Mediterranean on the weekend, involving the Libyan coast guard and NGOs. The search and rescue teams say that the Libyan coast guard is preventing them from saving lives.
The three Spanish firefighters and two Danish men have been acquitted on charges of attempting to illegally bring migrants to Greece. They had been involved in rescue missions for refugees and migrants in the Aegean Sea.
The European Council is working on reforms to the Dublin Regulation. The reforms hinge on more effective burden sharing between EU countries.
Asylum applications in Italy dropped by 50 percent in the first quarter of 2018, compared with the previous year. The decrease was mainly due to a 75 percent drop in migrant landings in Italy, compared with the same period in 2017.