Migrant center in Albania ready 'in a few weeks'
Italian officials have confirmed further delays in the opening of two new migrant processing centers in Albania. ANSA reports from one of the facilities still under construction at Gjader.
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Spain: 21 migrant smuggling suspects arrested
Europol and Spanish police have arrested 21 people suspected of belonging to a criminal migrant smuggling network. The gang is said to have profited from transporting mainly Syrian nationals from Algeria to Spain and other destinati1
Two dead, one missing after boat accident off Sicily
The search continued on Sunday for at least one person missing from a migrant boat off the coast of Syracuse in Sicily. The Italian coast guard located a group of 34 migrants, but two from the boat died.
Italian Red Cross: Significant drop in migrant arrivals on Lampedusa
The number of migrants arriving on Lampedusa in the Central Mediterranean Sea last month was down to under a quarter of those who reached the island in July 2023, says the Italian Red Cross.
UK PM Starmer slams 'far-right thuggery' after more anti-immigrant violence
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer strongly condemned an attack Sunday on a hotel housing asylum seekers in Rotherham, England that saw at least 10 police officers injured, describing it as "far-right thuggery".