Mohamed Ali Chelbi, a young goalkeeper from the Tunisian team CS Sfaxien, made headlines when he chose to board a migrant boat to Italy at the weekend.

Algerian television news reported that the bodies of six migrants were retrieved off the country’s coast after their boat sunk on Monday. Six survivors meanwhile were rescued. Search operations reportedly still continue for an unspe1

The Greek coast guard has rescued 122 migrants near Rhodes. Meanwhile, the organization Alarm Phone reported a growing group of migrants had become stranded at the Evros River crossing.

Tunisian coast guards returned more than 250 migrants who were attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, the North African country's National Guard said on Sunday.