Sea-Eye 4: Nearly 500 on board wait to disembark
After a series of rescues, the Sea-Eye 4 has 492 migrants on board. Meanwhile, almost 500 migrants arrived on Lampedusa in the last couple of days.
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Egyptian migrant dies after police shooting in southern France
A 35-year-old Egyptian migrant died on Wednesday evening after being struck by a bullet fired by French police. The van he was traveling in rammed through immigration controls at the border, said French prosecutors.
Nearly 37 million children displaced worldwide
More children are displaced from their homes worldwide than at any time since WWII, UNICEF has said. The agency has urged governments to boost efforts to protect and support all child refugees and migrants.
EU allocates more funds for migrants in Turkey
The European Union has allocated 50 million euros in additional funding to provide humanitarian aid to vulnerable refugees hosted in Turkey. The funds will support healthcare services as well as legal and psychological assistance fo1
'Mother's Words': Poetry to heal pain for relatives of those missing in Mediterranean
Tunisian mothers whose children went missing when trying to cross the Mediterranean will gather on June 18 to tell their stories, as part of the Migrant Stories project by the Italian poet Laura Fusco.