Two Bangladeshi citizens, aged 32 and 24, have been arrested in Italy for allegedly holding prisoners and torturing fellow countrymen and women in Libya to force them into paying the sums of money agreed at the start of their journe1
The bodies of three migrants have been recovered at sea some 40 miles south of Trapani, Sicily. Coast guards said they are continuing to search for missing passengers.
The mothers and sisters of missing Tunisian migrants have been protesting in the streets of the coastal town of Zarzis, demanding that authorities investigate their disappearance.
More rejected asylum seekers were sent back to flood-ridden Pakistan this week as German groups claimed that many migrants are unlawfully detained pending deportation.
The European Union has extended a directive on the temporary protection of Ukrainian refugees until March 2024, and has launched a pilot platform to help Ukrainians to find employment in member states.