Italy continues to refuse safe harbor to three NGO vessels hoping to dock and unload nearly 1,000 rescued migrants. The situation on board those private rescue ships meanwhile is deteriorating, as Italian politicians renew their cal1
Tunisia has called for a regional referral mechanism and a regional center for the prosecution of human traffickers called "Trafficking Pol", similar to Interpol.
Warsaw is working on "sealing" the border amid fears that Moscow is using it as a conduit for illegal migration. Poland recently completed a similar barrier along its border with Belarus after a standoff over migrants.
Searches continue, but the Greek coast guard said that hope was running out for dozens of migrants reported missing, after the overcrowded sailing boat they were traveling on capsized and sank in the Aegean sea.
Italian authorities have arrested an Afghan national accused of smuggling migrants across the country's border with France. The man was arrested in the Upper Susa Valley along the border with France on Sunday.