On the night of Sunday (March 24) a fire rushed through the pre-removal center for migrants (CPR) of Macomer, near the Sardinian city of Nuoro. None of the 48 people housed at the facility at the time were affected.
The German Interior Minister has announced that the country will introduce additional border checks at all German borders while it hosts the UEFA Euro 24 football championship this summer.
Three migrants were missing on Monday (March 25) after the oil tanker Vault had to rescue a group of 139 people in distress in international waters off the Libyan coast during the night.
On Monday, Tunisia's coastguard retrieved the bodies of five migrants, raising the week's death toll to 11. They also rescued a total of 663 migrants, reflecting a surge in crossings from North Africa to Italy due to improved weathe1
Since 21 October, when border checks were reinstated along the Italian-Slovenian border, Italian police forces have checked some 270,000 people and 150,000 vehicles on their entering the country to curb irregular migration.