The British government was reportedly warned, several times, by its own advisers that sending asylum seekers to Rwanda might not be a sensible policy.

Calabria has allocated €10 million to renovate a former industrial complex and to create an environmentally sustainable 'village' for non-EU workers. Many migrants in the region are currently living in precarious housing conditions.

A six-year-old Afghan child, Yusuf, was killed last month when security forces shot at a minibus carrying migrants in eastern Turkey. No one has been held to account for his death.

Greek authorities have found a group of Syrian migrants who reportedly had been stranded on an islet in the Evros river for several days. A total of 38 migrants were in the group, and one girl was reported to have died.