The Orchestra del Mare – 'Orchestra of the sea' – is set to perform for the first time next month at Milan's famous La Scala opera house. The orchestra's instruments are made using recycled wood from shipwrecked migrant boats.
The Greek coast guard said it rescued 117 people from a boat off the island of Crete on Sunday. The migrants had departed Libya earlier in the week.
Five people lost their lives as they tried to cross the English Channel at the weekend. They were the first known fatalities this year on the dangerous migration route.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has launched a global five-year strategic plan in Chad to support safe and regular migration.
A top French court is reviewing the government's controversial immigration reform to check that measures toughening the treatment of non-EU migrants do not breach France's constitution. RFI looks at what the legal experts will be co1