The community of the Italian island of Lampedusa has received an award for welcoming and sheltering migrants. The prize was collected by the mayor, Filippo Mannino, who said the island has a 'different level of humanity'.
Abdel was on a boat that left Tunisia last Thursday and capsized off the coast of Sicily. The teenager was one of 35 survivors – as many as 25 others may have died.
Spain has delivered surveillance drones to Senegal, a main country of origin of migrants arriving on Spain's Canary Islands. The number of people reaching the archipelago from West Africa is nearing a record-high.
Police in Serbia conducted raids on irregular migrants in several northern border regions at the weekend, following a fatal shootout between smuggler groups.
The government said more than 40,000 undocumented migrants had been detected within its borders this year. Slovakia is often used as a transit points by migrants crossing into countries in the west of Europe.