Tunisian authorities expelled hundreds of sub-Saharan African migrants from the port of Sfax Sunday after they were thrown out of their homes during unrest in July, a rights group said.
The German interior minister is pushing for an EU-wide extension of special protection status for those who have fled Ukraine. At the same time, her handling of asylum seekers from other countries has attracted criticism.
Matteo Villa, a researcher at Milan's Institute for International Political Studies, spoke to ANSA about the recent record-high number of migrants on the Italian island of Lampedusa. He says the present migration "wave" cannot be st1
Francesca Matina is a young woman who, while she was on a boat off the Italian island of Lampedusa on holiday, jumped into the sea alongside a friend to save four migrants in danger.
Storm Daniel washed away entire towns in Libya. The eastern coast of the North African country is a transit point for people coming from Egypt, Syria, and sub-Saharan Africa.