Interior and migration ministers of the MED5 group -- Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta and Spain -- met in Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, to discuss the implications of the new EU migration and asylum pact. The Greek migration minister p1
It is the latest tragedy on a route that has become popular among thousands of migrants trying to reach Gulf countries from the Horn of Africa.
Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi has told a group of Mediterranean countries known as Med 5 that managing migration will benefit the whole of Europe and not just the 'frontline states'.
French authorities say at least five people lost their lives as they tried to cross the English Channel on Monday night. A 7-year-old girl was among those who died.
An agreement between Italy and Albania to have asylum claims processed outside the EU will cost an estimated 653 million euros over five years, the Italian research institute Openpolis has found.