At least 75 migrants from West Africa were rescued off the coast of Mauritania after their boat suffered an engine failure earlier this month. Their ship was already at risk of sinking when they sent out a distress call.
At least 54 minors have reached the North African Spanish exclave of Ceuta by swimming there from Morocco. According to Spanish media, most of them were young Moroccan nationals.
A man has died from a reported cardiac arrest while attempting to reach the UK on a small boat, according to French authorities. Meanwhile in an unrelated development, a migrant was shot and killed at a camp near the French coast, a1
At the end of last week, Spanish police announced they had registered the names of about 300 people for alleged involvement in anti-migrant rioting and violent unrest in the town of Torre Pacheco earlier this month.
The Financial Police in the Italian city of Chieti have reported 63 irregular immigrants and three consultants to the authorities. The police believe the group illegally opened VAT accounts for the sole purpose of obtaining stay per1