Five German police officers have been charged over the death of a 16-year-old Senegalese boy who was shot last year. The police operation was "disproportionate from the start," Dortmund prosecutors have said.

Geo Barents rescued 48 migrants from a wooden boat off the coast of Libya while Ocean Viking rescued 84 migrants from a crammed rubber dinghy. Both ships have been assigned ports much further north in the Adriatic ports of Ancona an1

An unidentified man has died in a fire at a container home complex for migrants and homeless persons in Hamburg. Police are still investigating the cause of the blaze.

An Italian court has declared a decree restricting sea rescue unlawful. The decree issued by the Italian government stipulates that only the migrants most in need of protection from a rescue ship are allowed to go ashore.