At least 13 Senegalese migrants from the same town died when their boat sank off the coast of Morocco late last week. Increasing political and economic instability in the country is pushing some to attempt dangerous sea crossings.
On the same day Italy's interior minister Matteo Piantedosi received his Tunisian counterpart Kamel Fekih in Rome, Lampedusa fishermen announced a protest against the use of fishing ships for migrant transfers.
Two alleged smugglers aboard a boat that capsized off Lampedusa on July 12 have been arrested. The incident led to the death of a 4-year-old boy. Seven people are still missing at sea.
A group of 22 Afghan refugees has arrived in Rome from Islamabad through the Humanitarian Corridors project, which provides safe and legal entry to Italy to vulnerable people fleeing violence and persecution in their home country.
For years the EU has been unable to find common ground on how to distribute asylum seekers across the bloc. Deterring would-be migrants from trying to reach European shores has not been easy either. It may even be responsible for ma1