Disembarkation is underway in Sicily for the 306 migrants on board the Ocean Viking. Meanwhile, the Italian prime minister says the country has reached its limits on the number of migrants it can accept.

While it continues to welcome refugees fleeing Ukraine, Hungary has stressed that it will remain inflexible towards "illegal migrants" trying to cross the border from Serbia.

Europol says nearly 130 human trafficking suspects have been arrested following a joint operation aimed at criminal networks allegedly planning to smuggle migrants to Britain on small boats.

Authorities in northern France say they have prevented several attempts to transport migrants to the UK via the English Channel by boat over the course of 24 hours. The number of people attempting to cross the Channel has risen shar1