Italian prison officers' unions have protested the deployment of 50 correctional officers to Albania to guard new migrant holding facilities, stating that they are being "sent on a mission with rules that were not shared."

Police in the Czech Republic stopped the truck on the motorway between Prague and the German city of Dresden. The central European country is a frequent transit route for migrants seeking to reach Germany.

A former head of Libya’s coast guard, Abd al-Rahman Milad was killed on Sunday in Sayyad, west of the capital Tripoli. Also known as Bidja, he had been linked to atrocities against migrants.

The UN refugee agency UNHCR has stepped up aid to Libya amid a rise in refugees from Sudan. Women, children, and others with specific needs are feared to be exposed to heightened risks of violence.