Italian NGO Mediterranea Saving Humans has published videos it says prove that migrants are suffering "violence and deportations" in the desert regions of Tunisia, Libya and Algeria, perpetrated, it claims by Tunisian soldiers.

Turkey accuses the Greek Coast Guard of illegally pushing back migrants, as the Turkish Coast Guard claims to have rescued migrants in four separate incidents.

A year after the success of the film Io Capitano, (I, Captain) the movie's Senegalese protagonist Seydou Sarr has spoken to ANSA about his life in Italy and his dreams for the future.

Italy is offering in Libya and in Tunisia alternatives to crossing the Mediterranean, with voluntary repatriations and assistance - a strategy that has resulted in 8,000 prevented landings, Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedos1