A row has erupted after a Palermo prosecutor requested a six-year jail term for former Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, accusing him of allegedly kidnapping 147 migrants by preventing their landing at Lampedusa.

A Council of Europe delegation is visiting Sicily, with stops in Lampedusa and Catania, to meet local officials, NGOs, and law enforcement. They will visit key migrant centers, including facilities for unaccompanied minors, as part1

Moroccan security forces say they stopped migrants breach the border fence into the Spanish enclave Ceuta on Sunday. The crossing attempts followed a call out on social networks to take part in a "mass migration attempt."

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet with Italy's Premier Giorgia Meloni on Monday. Reports ahead of the meeting suggest that the British government is "interested" in Italy's approach to offshoring some of its asylum processes1