Pre-trial evidence gathering is set to begin May 7 in the case of an alleged people smuggler arrested on January 31 at Italy's Ancona port, following the disembarkation of the Ocean Viking.
A second migrant from the latest group of 40 to be sent to Albania has been sent back to Italy from the Gjader repatriation center, after he was deemed "unfit to live in a restricted community."
EU ambassador to Libya Nicola Orlando and Libyan prime minister Abdulhamid Al Dbeibah met in Tripoli on April 15. The EU promised support for the Libyan government despite recent tensions between the two sides.
The organization Save the Children has estimated that there are around six million children who have been uprooted by conflict in Sudan.
A plane carrying scores of Afghan nationals deemed at risk of persecution by the Taliban has prompted a political wrangle in Germany, where an incoming government promises a tougher stance on migration.