The Open Arms private rescue ship arrived in the Italian port of Brindisi on August 6 with 194 migrants onboard, who earlier had been rescued at sea. Among those rescued were an unspecified number of pregnant women.

On Sunday, the British government announced it would introduce fines for employers and landlords who employed migrants without papers or allowed them to rent properties. The new fines will kick in from January 2024.

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says that migrants at the Ventimiglia border between France and Italy are often sent back by French authorities and then refused adequate assistance on the Italian side of the border. MSF called on Ital1

Rescue operations do not incentivise migrants try to cross the Mediterranean, a recent study has found. Instead conflicts, economic hardship, natural and climate disasters, and the weather are reportedly key drivers of migration.