Rescue operations do not incentivise migrants try to cross the Mediterranean, a recent study has found. Instead conflicts, economic hardship, natural and climate disasters, and the weather are reportedly key drivers of migration.
The private rescue ship Open Arms rescued 264 migrants in recent days. The Astral, a felllow rescue yacht, also brought 136 migrants to the Sicilian island of Lampedusa overnight. Between them, the two ships said they had helped a t1
The Italian border city of Ventimiglia has stepped up measures to stem the flow of migrants by erecting fences along the banks of the Roya river. A private security group also stands guard over a cemetery.
A 20-year-old woman has given birth to a child inside a migrant reception center in Agrigento on the Italian island of Sicily. She was assisted by an on-call doctor working at the facilities who had never delivered a baby before.
The German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser is proposing tightening up the rules surrounding migrant returns and deportations. Her proposals include detention prior to deportation of up to four weeks.