Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni met with General Khalifa Haftar last week, the strongman in the Cyrenaica region in Libya where thousands of migrants depart from in the attempt to reach Italy via the Mediterranean Sea.
As Turkey prepares to head to the polls, a migration expert has warned that the outcome of the election could lead to a new wave of people fleeing the country.
On Saturday, two private rescue ships brought to safety around 234 migrants from several smaller boats. From one of the boats, three people died before help arrived.
The president of the Italian hotel and tourism association in the region of Tuscany, Daniele Barbetti, has called for the need to pay attention to the "delicate equilibrium of the tourism economy" following the arrival of migrants i1
IOM Director-General António Vitorino said urgent action is needed in Sudan to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe from unfolding. He stressed that the UN body would not leave the people of Sudan behind.