Following the agreement between Italy and Albania, concerns were expressed by the Council of Europe and the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI) on November 13 over the tendency to externalize the issue of migration.
German police have registered an increase in attacks on migrants, asylum seekers and refugees, as well as more acts of intentional criminal damage to their accommodation.
A two-storey building housing asylum seekers in the central Italian region of Lazio was destroyed by an explosion that injured 31 people, at least six of them seriously.
The French coast guard rescued 201 migrants who got into distress in the English Channel near Calais over the weekend.
The German leader has signalled an openness to study Italy's recent agreement to hold asylum seekers in centers in Albania. The deal has raised human rights concerns, including from the Council of Europe.