Tunisia's foreign minister has discussed strengthening cooperation on managing migration with the EU Home Affairs Commissioner. The EU and Tunisia signed an agreement in July aimed at preventing migrants from trying to cross the Med1

A five-month-old baby is reported to have died off the Italian island of Lampedusa on Tuesday night, as the Italian coast guard tried to rescue a boat of 46 migrants and bring them safely to land.

A new shelter for unaccompanied minors and adult migrants in the city of Sassari on Sardinia has so far welcomed 60 people, nearly half of them unaccompanied minors. The center was set up under an agreement between local authorities1

Libyan authorities fear that the number of victims will exceed 10,000 people. A large number of those affected by the storms and flooding are likely to be migrants and internally displaced people.