The rescue ship Geo Barents has landed in Taranto, southern Italy, to disembark 267 people rescued over the last week. Meanwhile, the Humanity 1 currently has 111 persons on board, following its first rescure operation.
A group from the Yazidi minority have been sleeping outside a migrant camp in northern Greece for almost a fortnight. Greek authorities say the facility is full.
The number of migrants and refugees who cross from Turkey into Bulgaria has increased sharply. So far this year, border authorities have recorded 85,000 arrivals – more than double the figure for the whole of 2021.
Italy's highest court has ruled that a migrant does not need a permanent work contract to be granted a stay permit for humanitarian reasons. The judges ruled that a Nigerian man who attended Italian classes and had fixed-term employ1
Greece has confirmed that it will massively extend a steel fence at the Turkish border to prevent migrants from entering. But a similar wall between Lithuania and Belarus is reportedly being "deliberately damaged" to help migrants r1