State attorneys in the northern Italian city of Verona have opened an investigation to ascertain whether a railway police officer exceeded his right to self-defence when he shot dead on October 20 a 26-year-old man from Mali who had1
Romania's immigration authorities informed InfoMigrants that a total of 916 people from various countries were forcibly deported in the first nine months of this year, with 258 of them being Bangladeshi nationals.
The German government reportedly gives more than one and a half million euros to sea rescue organizations each year. This funding has drawn criticism from within and outside the coalition.
The 12 migrants who were transferred back to Italy from Albania after a decision taken by the special immigration unit of Rome’s tribunal on October 18 were "scared and in shock" when they reached the Puglia port city of Bari.
The Greek coast guard has confirmed it has found two migrants, who had been missing, dead off the island of Samos. Twenty-two others were rescued from the same boat, which reportedly capsized during the night.