NGO planes are forbidden from departing from five Italian airports near migrant routes on the Mediterranean, officials said this week. Here's more background on the decision.

Europeans — especially Germans — are increasingly keen on curbing immigration and are less focused on climate change, according to a study by a Danish-based think tank.

Italy has announced that planes used by charities to track migrant boats in difficulty in the central Mediterranean will no longer be able to fly from airports on the islands of Sicily, Pantelleria and Lampedusa.

Italy’s premier Giorgia Meloni met with Libyan officials in Tripoli and Benghazi on Tuesday (May 7). Migration was high on the Italian delegation's agenda.