Mauritanian officials say nearly 90 people are confirmed dead after their boat sank off the coast earlier this week. Nine people were rescued from the capsized boat, which was headed for the Canary Islands.
In a report published on July 3 Amnesty International denounced the "illegal deprivation of liberty" that migrants in Italy suffered, stating that they were forced into detention centers that fall below international standards.
The new Dutch prime minister, Dick Schoof, has promised to work hard at one of his government’s main aims: reducing immigration. Addressing parliament on Thursday, he was forced to deny accusations that his new cabinet is racist.
The private rescue ship MV Louise Michel, funded by the elusive artist Banksy, has been impounded by the Italian authorities, just after it helped rescue 36 migrants from the Central Mediterranean.
Among the 34 migrants who arrived in Ancona on July 2 on board the MSF rescue ship Geo Barents, there were 14 unaccompanied minors. They were rescued on June 27 off the Libyan coast. Among them is a female unaccompanied minor who wi1