The Polish government is considering shutting down the last two open border crossings with Belarus. Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski attributes the potential move to the ongoing high number of migrant arrivals from Belarus.
The topic of medical assistance for "excluded or invisible" individuals, such as irregular migrants, homeless persons, and detainees, remains "relatively unexplored." This issue was discussed at a dedicated convention at the Italian1
Serbia has signed an agreement with EU border agency Frontex to deploy border guards across the non-EU country's borders. The Balkan state has long been a transit country for migrants hoping to enter the EU.
A man who was among the survivors of a migrant shipwreck off Calabria earlier this month has been arrested on suspicion of killing a teenage Iraqi girl on board.
Iraqi Kurdistan has announced the arrests of four suspected human smugglers linked to the sinking of a sailboat near southern Italy's Calabria region in mid-June. At least 36 people lost their lives in the tragedy and 60 people were1