Two newlyweds celebrated their nuptials on board the private rescue ship Life Support, operated by the medical charity Emergency. The boat docked in the port of Ravenna on Monday and disembarked 28 people, mostly from Syria.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni held talks Tuesday with French President Emmanuel Macron in Rome, against a backdrop of tensions between the two countries over migration.

In a keynote speech at a think-tank in Washington DC, the UK's interior minister Suella Braverman has questioned whether the United Nations Refugee Convention is "fit for our modern age".

Five Syrian nationals were arrested Tuesday in connection with suspected migrant smuggling. Police also discovered more than 100 other undocumented Syrians, during raids which came as district authorities called for a tougher asylum1