The Geo Barents ship, operated by medical charity Doctors Without Borders, reached 122 migrants "just in time" as their boat was starting to deflate. Aid groups again called on states to coordinate search and rescue efforts in the M1
Latvia’s government has rejected accusations by the human rights organization Amnesty International that authorities mistreated migrants, including children, at its border with Belarus.
A criminal organization allegedly dedicated to organizing fake weddings for migrants without papers was uncovered by security authorities in southern Italy. The scam was, they said, headed by a woman known as "the betrothed's magici1
Hundreds of citizens in the northern Italian city of Trieste signed an open letter asking authorities to guarantee shelter to asylum seekers who live on the city's streets.
A 35-year-old Eritrean man wanted by Italian authorities on human trafficking charges has been arrested in Ethiopia and extradited to Italy. Ghebremedin Temeschen Ghebru was wanted for over a year as the alleged leader of a "transna1