A people smuggler has been sentenced to nine years and nine months in prison for orchestrating Channel crossings to the UK via small boats. He is believed to have been involved in the smuggling of hundreds of migrants.
At least 300 people, mostly from Senegal and Gambia, were on board when their boat capsized off the coast of Mauritania. At least 25 people have died and some 150 are missing.
A court in Germany has ruled that there is no longer a general danger to civilians from the long-running conflict in Syria, rejecting a claim to protected status by a Syrian man.
Prosecutors in the town of Crotone, in southern Italy have accused two members of the coastguard and four police officers of involuntary manslaughter, following an investigation into a shipwreck which killed 94 migrants in 2023.
A group of refugees, who arrived in Italy thanks to humanitarian corridors, have created a venue celebrating the excellence of Syrian cuisine --Hummustown-- which is becoming increasingly popular in Rome.