A judge has refused to validate the detention order for the remaining 12 migrants that Italy delivered to Albania on Wednesday, saying they had a right to return to Italy. The government has called the judgement 'politicized'.
A baby reportedly drowned on Thursday evening as a migrant boat traveling across the English Channel from the French coast towards the UK capsized. Several dozen migrants meanwhile survived the ordeal, and were brought back to Franc1
The NGO Mediterranea Saving Humans announced its appeal against the administrative detention that was imposed on its ship, Mare Jonio, in Porto Empedocle, Sicily, following the disembarkation of 58 migrants.
Four migrants, of the 16 who arrived in Albania on October 16, have already been sent back to Italy. Two of them because they claim to be minors and another two due to health problems.
EU leaders are looking at ways to strengthen the bloc's external borders. The meeting comes after the far-right made gains in the European Parliament and also in various elections in Germany and Austria.