The Greek coast guard has brought 71 migrants from a boat in distress to the island of Kos in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. In addition, three men were reportedly arrested as suspected smugglers.
At least six people have died in an attempt to reach Spain after their boat sank off northern Morocco on Saturday. The incident has prompted calls for an investigation into the involvement of the Moroccan Navy.
Leaders of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern countries are gathered in Rome for a conference on migration hosted by Italy's far-right Georgia Meloni.
The Geo Barents private rescue vessel had to make two stops in Tuscany on July 19 and 20, disembarking hundreds of migrants it had saved at sea at the ports of Marina di Carrara and Livorno, respectively. The migrants had been inter1
An 18-year-old Afghan citizen was injured when several men broke into a refugee shelter, shouting xenophobic taunts. The perpetrators fled when other residents arrived.