A cemetery was inaugurated on June 10 by the Caritas charity in the city of Reggio Calabria in southern Italy for 45 migrants who died in June 2016 when trying to cross the Mediterranean towards Italian shores.
The EU says it has registered a considerable increase of irregular entries into the bloc from the Western Balkans. The EU border agency Frontex said that many of the irregular migrants and refugees were either Afghan or Syrian.
Turkey has announced plans to tighten conditions for foreigners to be eligible for residence permits. New rules to be introduced next month will especially affect Syrian refugees and other migrants in certain neighborhoods.
A pickup-truck carrying migrants in northeastern Greece crashed on Saturday killing one of the passengers and injuring at least 16 others, police say. The driver had been attempting to evade a police checkpoint.
The Rome University of International Studies UNINT on June 10 started free classes of Italian for Ukrainians to support them in their integration into the country. The courses focus on adults and children and will be held every Frid1