Day of remembrance, 11 years after Lampedusa shipwreck
The Italian island of Lampedusa remembers the 368 victims of the migrant shipwreck, eleven years on. Those attending the events are calling for an end to deaths at sea.
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Germany steps up deportations to Turkey, reports indicate
Germany says it has begun deporting more rejected asylum seekers to Turkey under a new deal between the two governments. The German interior minister said it was a 'major step forward' in limiting irregular migration.
Cutro shipwreck case: Defendant denied psychiatric assessment
Turkish national Gun U., found guilty in the Italian case concerning a shipwreck off Cutro in which scores of people were killed, gave a witness statement in defense of defendant Sami F. during a September 25 hearing.
France: 'Deport more and regularize fewer people' – are the government's aims achievable?
Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau claims that French people "want more order on the streets and at the borders." He is urging regional officials facing "migratory disorder" to "deport more and regularize less." InfoMigrants takes s1
Italian NGO opens migrant reception center in Bosnia
An Italian NGO has opened a center for the protection of unaccompanied migrant minors in the city of Bihac in Bosnia-Herzegovina.