The campaign to change the citizenship rules in Italy is claiming a success after collecting half a million signatures to trigger a national referendum. The current right-wing government is against easing the rules.

Turkish authorities say they have stopped nearly 190,000 migrants from reaching the EU by boat in the past five years. This comes as the government has tightened its migration policy.

A girl and three women have died after the inflatable boat they were traveling on sank off the coast of the Greek island of Samos in the Aegean Sea. Five people were rescued, among them a pregnant woman and a minor.

Raids were carried out on Tuesday in south-west Germany. At least four people were arrested on suspicion of migrant smuggling.