Nearly 30% of people working in agriculture in Italy are migrants and refugees, according to Italian farmers confederation Coldiretti. While most of them are farmworkers, there are reportedly 17,000 foreigners who own agricultural b1
On Wednesday, the organization Alarm Phone alerted the Greek authorities to a group of 29 migrants reportedly stuck on an uninhabited island near Lesbos. One woman in the group had reportedly given birth to a baby overnight.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that Turkey unlawfully expelled a young Syrian refugee after forcing him to sign a document that said he was returning voluntarily.
The UN Migration Agency (IOM) has confirmed that Libyan authorities brought at least 590 migrants back to Libya in just under a week. Meanwhile, the Moroccan Navy says it has rescued 105 migrants in the last few days.
The Italian ombudsman for detainees said that migrant arrivals in Italy have seen a large increase in recent years and that they "will not decrease in the next few years". Spaking to the country's parliament he urged for legal pathw1