Only a small percentage of Germany's attempts to return asylum seekers to other European Union countries where they first entered or sought protection have actually succeeded. Such transfers are mandated under the EU's Dublin Regula1
The president of Cyprus has traveled to Lebanon to discuss the situation of migrants arriving on the island. The number of Syrian refugees reaching Cyprus is at a record high.
The Tunisian coast guard on Sunday said it retrieved the bodies of 13 migrants off Tunisia and rescued 1,867 others.
On April 4, Mediterranea Saving Humans called on the Italian government to intervene following an incident where a Libyan coast guard patrol boat fired on their migrant rescue vessel.
Over the night between April 4 and 5, 333 migrants arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa. The hotspot there is once again overcrowded despite rapid transfers of migrants elsewhere.