After their boat from Tunisia ran aground in Sicily, three boys made their way on foot all the way to the migrant hosting center. The social worker who welcomed them, Antonella Patellaro, spoke about their meeting.
The UN migration agency IOM says nearly seven million people have been displaced in the Democratic Republic of Congo due to the ongoing conflict.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Interior Minister Nancy Faeser are on separate visits in Africa to secure cooperation on migration. Morocco has reportedly agreed to take back asylum seekers and migrants who are rejected by Germany1
The community of the Italian island of Lampedusa has received an award for welcoming and sheltering migrants. The prize was collected by the mayor, Filippo Mannino, who said the island has a 'different level of humanity'.
Abdel was on a boat that left Tunisia last Thursday and capsized off the coast of Sicily. The teenager was one of 35 survivors – as many as 25 others may have died.