Some survivors of a recent shipwreck in the Central Mediterranean have reported that the crew of a Tunisian fishing vessel tried to steal their engine, causing them to fall into the sea. At least one woman died in the incident off M1
The Tunisian coast guard reports recovering a total of 901 bodies of drowned migrants off its coast so far this year. This marks an unprecedented number of victims off the country's coasts, according to Tunisia's interior minister.
The European Ombudsman, the EU's watchdog, has launched an investigation into the role of the bloc's border agency Frontex in the migrant shipwreck off Greece last month that claimed hundreds of lives.
Italy's National Office against Racial Discrimination (UNAR) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) have signed a three-year-long protocol of agreement.
An Afghan man has died in a gun battle in a forest area in northern Serbia, close to the Hungarian border. Two other men, also Afghan nationals, were injured in the shootout near the town of Subotica.