Tunisia: 38 migrants arrested after clashes with coastguard
On Wednesday, 38 sub-Saharan African migrants were arrested after reported clashes with the Tunisian coast guard.
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'Social cleansing': NGOs blast pre-Olympic migrant evictions
Charities on Wednesday accused French authorities of accelerated "social cleansing" after hundreds more people, mostly migrants, were evicted from squats in Paris ahead of the Olympics.
Canary Islands: Two migrants die after reaching El Hierro
A two-year-old girl died in hospital hours after crossing the Atlantic from the coast of West Africa to the Canary Islands. A young 20-year-old who had crossed in the same boat also died.
One migrant dies in Channel and 71 rescued
On Wednesday, the French rescue services assisted a small rubber boat attempting to cross the Channel. One person who was found unconscious was later pronounced dead. Authorities rescued 71 migrants and brought them back to shore in1
Italian premier says 'illegal migration is enemy of legal migration'
Italian premier Giorgia Meloni said that "illegal migration is the enemy of legal migration" as she addressed the Trans-Mediterranean Migration Forum at the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli on Wednesday, July 17.