Germany says it has begun deporting more rejected asylum seekers to Turkey under a new deal between the two governments. The German interior minister said it was a 'major step forward' in limiting irregular migration.
Turkish national Gun U., found guilty in the Italian case concerning a shipwreck off Cutro in which scores of people were killed, gave a witness statement in defense of defendant Sami F. during a September 25 hearing.
Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau claims that French people "want more order on the streets and at the borders." He is urging regional officials facing "migratory disorder" to "deport more and regularize less." InfoMigrants takes s1
An Italian NGO has opened a center for the protection of unaccompanied migrant minors in the city of Bihac in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Spanish authorities continued their search for 48 migrants who were aboard a boat that capsized near the Canary Islands. Nine people had already been reported dead.