An Indian national arrested in early June in a church in the French port city of Caen is no longer under threat of deportation. The 36-year-old father will be able to apply for a residence permit in France.

More than 24 people are missing and believed to be dead after an incident at sea on Thursday night off the coast of Djibouti.

Several local mayors have lashed out against Italy's migrant reception management strategy at the national level over the past few days.

Hundreds of people have crossed the Mediterranean from the coasts of North Africa and the Middle East to reach Europe in the past few days. The number of deaths and disappearances remains unknown.