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A group of people thought to be migrants cross the Channel in a small boat traveling from the coast of France and heading in the direction of Dover, Kent, England, Tuesday Aug. 29, 2023 | Photo: picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS | Gareth Fuller

Migrant boat capsizes in English Channel, one person dead

The inflatable dinghy carrying over 60 people got into trouble off the coast of northern France. One person drowned and another is critically ill, while several others could still be missing.

From file: Migrants have reported severe human rights abuses in Libya, reaching from slavery to extortion, torture and rape | Photo: Picture Alliance / AP Photo/ D. Etter

Investigation accuses Europe of being complicit in Libyan torture

A shadowy Libyan armed group accused of unlawful killings, torture, arbitrary detention and enslavement – with alleged links to Russia's Wagner mercenary group – has been intercepting and forcibly returning refugees allegedly with t1

From file: The Schengen zone promises free movement among member states,but since 2015 many states have reintroduced internal border controls | Photo: picture alliance / dpa / U. Baumgartner

Update: Bulgaria rejects Austria's offer for widening Schengen

Earlier this week, we reported Austria was willing to relax its opposition to Romania and Bulgaria joining the free-movement Schengen zone. Bulgaria though has rejected the offer.

From file: Prime Ministers Edi Rama and Giorgia Meloni sign a memorandum of understanding about opening asylum processing centers in Albania | Photo: Filippo Atti / Chigi Press Office / Zuma press / picture alliance

Albania's top court blocks ratification of contested migrant pact with Italy

Albania's top court has temporarily blocked ratification of the Albanian-Italian agreement to build reception centers to accommodate migrants while their asylum requests are being assessed in Italy. The court ordered a public hearin1

From file: Tomato harvest in Italy, a sector which employs a huge amount of migrant labor | Photo: Mario Restaino / ANSA archive

Italy: Applications for seasonal work visa filled in one day

Entrance requests for foreign workers to come to Italy exceeded 82,550 in the first day possible to file applications, December 12, according to the Italian farmers association Coldiretti.