More than 1,500 people died or went missing between 2018 and 2022 while trying to cross on boats from Algeria to Spain, according to the organization Caminando Fronteras.
The bodies of eight deceased migrants have been transferred from the Italian island of Lampedusa to Sicily for autopsy. They were found last week on a dinghy that had set off from Tunisia for Italy.
Seven more people have been found alive on the Greek island of Lesbos after a shipwreck on Tuesday in which three migrants drowned. The number of survivors now stands at 39.
The Netherlands has suspended a controversial restriction on the rights of recognized refugees to reunite with their immediate families. The change of course came after the highest court in the country ruled on Wednesday that the re1
Bulgaria has again faced accusations that its border authorities have subjected migrants to beatings, humiliation and racist language. Bulgarian authorities have denied the allegations.