Germany's Foreign Ministry says the country will donate money to migrant rescue boat charities operating in the Mediterranean. This followed media reports saying it would be axed, amid no mention in next year's budget.
The Open Arms migrant rescue ship was placed under administrative detention for 20 days on Thursday (October 5), one day after delivering 176 rescued migrants to the Italian port of Marina di Carrara.
Spanish authorities on the Canary Islands have rescued 518 migrants who crossed the Atlantic in small boats. More than 1,200 migrants have made the crossing to El Hierro in the Spanish archipelago in the last six days.
Three African migrants engaged in manual labor in Italy saved the lives of several people on Tuesday (October 3) evening, pulling them out of the flames of a bus that had fallen off an overpass on Venice's mainland.
A man driving a van transporting nine Syrian migrants drove through a Polish security checkpoint at the border with Slovakia on Thursday (October 5). He broke his leg while attempting to flee on foot.