A Moroccan politician has traveled to Spain as an irregular migrant on board a small boat. The local councilor from Nador is the fourth elected official to flee his country via the dangerous sea route.
The private migrant rescue NGO Sea-Watch has cautioned Italian authorities that it will not consider itself to be bound to "take orders from the so-called Libyan coast guard", recalling that "fundamental rights are violated" in Liby1
The north-eastern Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia has registered a 50 percent drop in the number of migrant arrivals in the first three months of this year compared to the same period in 2023, when a record number of people1
Immigrants, mostly coming from Latin America, comprise about 64% of new jobs and account for half of Spain's economic growth in 2023.
In recent days, at least 19 bodies have been discovered on beaches of central Tunisia in the Sfax region. Officials say the victims are likely to be migrants from sub-Saharan Africa.