EU countries are considering withdrawing trade privileges from partner countries that refuse to take back failed asylum seekers. Rights groups say the proposal uses trade as economic blackmail to control migration.
After a shipwreck off southern Italy in late February left 88 people dead, smugglers still asked survivors to pay for the trip, a witness told a preliminary investigations judge this week.
A UK judge has found three Nigerian nationals guilty of attempting to exploit a Nigerian migrant. The victim was brought to the UK in the hope of harvesting one of his kidneys, found the judge.
The Algerian authorities say they have dismantled an international network they suspect smuggled people through Algeria to Europe. Migrants from Syria and Lebanon paid 'exorbitant' sums for their journeys, according to investigators1
At least five African migrants died and another 28 are missing after their boat sank off Tunisia. They had tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy. This was reported by a local rights group.