The Italian authorities have seized assets worth €12 million from a Sicilian businessman who had been living in Italy's northern region of Emilia Romagna. The seizure was part of efforts to crack down on undocumented migration and u1
Tunisia has intercepted some 70,000 migrants since January, according to officials, up 124% from the same period last year.
Nearly 50 of the people on board were minors, 27 of whom were unaccompanied.
Libyan officials announced on Tuesday they had repatriated almost 1,000 migrants found to be in Libya "illegally” to their countries of origin, Egypt and Nigeria.
UK police are investigating the cause of a 'sudden death' on the Bibby Stockholm barge, which houses about 300 asylum seekers. UK news reports suggest the cause may have been suicide. The government has promised a "full investigatio1