The crew of the Geo Barents rescue ship completed the disembarkation of the 73 rescued migrants in the Italian port of Ancona on Thursday. The ship is the second NGO ship to dock in the port this week.
While migrant landings are slowing down due to adverse meteorological conditions, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has met with her government with the aim of forging agreements with countries of departure of migrants.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on January 11 issued a statement urging Sweden’s rotating presidency of the European Union to safeguard those who are forced to flee their home countries.
A newly released report published by two NGOs denounces the criminalization of migrants accused of being so-called 'scafisti,' or human smugglers.
The foreign ministers of Hungary and Serbia, Peter Szijjarto and Ivica Dacic, have met in Budapest to discuss ways to work together against new migrant flows.