The number of migrants lodging asylum applications in the EU has jumped 28 percent in the first half of this year compared to the same period last year, official figures released Tuesday showed.
A group of migrants, one of whom had died, were found on a tiny uninhabited island in the eastern Aegean Sea on Tuesday. Activists had warned the Greek coast guard the previous evening that they needed urgent assistance.
Italy's regional governments are urging Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi to take action in response to a nearly 40,000 increase in migrant arrivals in the country in 2023 compared to the previous year.
Italy's interior minister, Matteo Piantedosi, met with a UNICEF delegation on September 1 to address the arrival of more than 12,000 unaccompanied foreign minors in the country this year.
A record number of people managed to cross the English Channel in small boats on Saturday, despite measures introduced by France to prevent departures from its coast.