Eight of the individuals were found dead, with a ninth victim dying later on, and survivors were rushed to nearby hospitals. Authorities described the operation as "an alien smuggling venture gone horribly wrong."
Violence is becoming more and more common in the Moria refugee camp on Greece's Lesbos island. A Syrian refugee decides to leave Germany after finding integration too difficult and a restaurant in Italy is helping Syrians and locals1
Since January, over 85,000 migrants and asylum seekers have landed in Italy - that's a 20 percent increase on the same period last year. More and more of them are minors who arrive alone, without their family - their number is five1
The pensions and social security agency INPS said that migrants in Italy pay about one GDP point in social security contributions annually.
Many migrants in Italy are forced to work in Italian fields. An InfoMigrants correspondent visits a center for refugee minors in Sweden and Cameroon struggles to assist Nigerian refugees afflicted by conflict. This and more in toda1