Tunisian president Kais Saied has told the head of the European Council that his country will not be responsible for stopping irregular migration to Europe. He added that Tunisia was not a place of transit or settlement for migrants.

United Nations agencies and aid organizations have called for greater financial support to combat the humanitarian crisis in war-torn Syria, which has been exacerbated by a major earthquake earlier this year.

Greece has declared three days of national mourning after a migrant shipwreck off the southern coast. At least 78 bodies have been recovered and hundreds more people are believed to have died.

The numbers of reported crimes committed against asylum seekers in the first three months of this year is higher than it was in the same period in 2022.