Ship to transfer 2,800 migrants a week from Lampedusa
Ships are set to transport hundreds of people from Lampedusa to the mainland each day to ease pressure on the overcrowded migrant hotspot on the southern Sicilian island.
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Macron, Scholz, Duda discuss Ukraine, NATO, migration
The French president hosted the German and Polish leaders to seek ways of helping Kyiv wrest back land from Russia. Poland's premier pressed for a clearer roadmap for Ukraine to join the NATO defensive alliance.
Poland and Hungary oppose EU's proposal to reform asylum policies
Poland and Hungary were the two countries that voted against the European Union Council's proposal to unify the bloc's asylum policies through a "solidarity and sharing" mechanism.
Two migrants found dead off the coast of Almeria
The Spanish Guardia Civil has opened an investigation into the deaths of two migrants whose bodies were found on the coast of Adra in the southern Spanish province of Almeria.
Italian special forces seize control of cargo ship carrying migrant stowaways
On Friday, Italian special forces landed on a Turkish-flagged cargo ship, after initial reports that the ship was being hijacked by a group of armed migrants. By Sunday, those reports were corrected to say the captain had asked for1