On Monday, Tunisia's coastguard retrieved the bodies of five migrants, raising the week's death toll to 11. They also rescued a total of 663 migrants, reflecting a surge in crossings from North Africa to Italy due to improved weathe1
Since 21 October, when border checks were reinstated along the Italian-Slovenian border, Italian police forces have checked some 270,000 people and 150,000 vehicles on their entering the country to curb irregular migration.
Germany has agreed to accept 147 people from war-torn Gaza, citing urgent humanitarian reasons. Most of those to be brought to Germany are reportedly local employees of German institutions, and will be provided with temporary reside1
The British government has launched a social media campaign in Vietnam to warn potential migrants of the "consequences of entering the UK illegally." This follows a reported increase in Vietnamese migrants attempting to cross the En1
The circumstances of the migrants' deaths remain unknown, the International Organization for Migration said. Libya is part of the deadly Mediterranean migratory route.