Dozens of migrants have arrived on the English coast just days after six Afghans died crossing the Channel from France. The conservative British government has called for action to take "all possible steps to close down this route."
The bodies of seven people thought to be migrants have been found off the coast of eastern Tunisia. Meantime, the country's coast guard says it has prevented 18 planned migrant crossings to Italy in the past two days.
Six members of the crew of a Tunisian fishing boat have been arrested in Italy and charged with stealing a boat engine and extorting money from a group of migrants at sea.
A cafe owner in southern Sicily has staged a protest over the temporary transfer of a group of migrants from the port to a disused sports center, saying it would affect his business.
Latvia has become the latest EU member state to step up the protection of its border with Belarus. The government in Riga accuses its neighbor of deliberately organizing irregular migrant crossings to weaken the eastern flank of the1