A two-week-old baby girl was reported missing after a migrant boat capsized. In several operations, by both NGO rescue ships and Italian military vessels, over 300 people were rescued in the Mediterranean this weekend.
According to the humanitarian organization Human Rights Watch, Turkish authorities have rounded up hundreds of Syrian refugees, including unaccompanied children, and forced them back to northern Syria.
Greek police have arrested three Greek nationals and six foreigners in a migrant smuggling crackdown. The suspected smugglers had been bringing migrants from Turkey across the Evros River to Greece for months, charging thousands of1
Four people have been arrested and five others have been placed under investigation in Tuscany on charges of favoring illegal immigration by organizing fake marriages between Italians and non-EU citizens.
The first migrant-rescue vessel operated by the Italian medical NGO Emergency has been inaugurated in Genoa. The ship will set sail at the beginning of November.