The British government announced on Tuesday that the first flights for those seeking asylum in the UK would take off to Rwanda on June 14. Several legal challenges are already underway against the government's plan.
The rescue organization Sea-Watch’s newest edition to its fleet, the Aurora, rescued 85 migrants on Sunday night. Late on Monday, the organization announced they were already due to disembark on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa.
A playroom for children between the ages of three and 14 has been inaugurated in the hotspot of Lampedusa to provide a distraction after their terrible journey by sea to reach Italy.
The Italian government has decided to abandon the use of quarantine ships adopted during the pandemic to isolate migrants at sea after their arrival in Italy.
Germany's federal government continues to evacuate Afghan nationals including former local staff and their families to Germany – at a rate of around 200 per week, according to the foreign ministry. It also said that German visa offi1