French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin visited Rome on Monday to discuss migration, after a week of mass arrivals on the Italian island of Lampedusa forced a European-wide response.
Malnutrition and disease in the midst of a violent conflict have claimed thousands of young lives. UNICEF has warned that many thousands more are likely to die.
From the superrich to asylum-seekers, migration has changed Cyprus in recent years. After a wave of attacks against migrants on the island's south coast, experts are calling on the government to take a clear stance against racism.
An inquiry has found that people in a UK immigration removal center were subject to breaches of human rights and says detention should be limited to 28 days. It comes as the government is planning a major expansion of detention.
In northeastern Libya, volunteers continue to search for survivors of last week’s storm. The UN estimates that as many as ten percent of those killed were migrants.