Another body has been found on a beach in northern France – possibly a migrant who died attempting to cross the Channel to Britain. Reports say seven bodies have been found in the area in the past week.

A French court has sentenced 18 people – mainly Iraqi Kurds – to prison terms of up to 15 years for organising a major migrant-smuggling ring that transported people across the English Channel in small, flimsy boats.

Another group of migrants boarded the Italian Navy ship Libra on November 4 to be transferred to Albania, even though judges are continuing not to validate the practice.

A considerable number of migrants reached the Sicilian island of Lampedusa and the Calabrian city of Crotone in recent days. Nearly 800 people arrived on Lampedusa between Monday and Tuesday.