Authorities arrested 205 people allegedly tied to Central and Eastern European gangs smuggling tens of thousands of Syrians in the EU. The €150 million ring reportedly used Vienna as a hub to move migrants from Hungary to Germany an1
The Tunisian coast guard rescued 248 migrants in several separate incidents on Wednesday. They also retrieved three bodies from a boat which sank off the Tunisian coast.
A young Eritrean man has been found dead inside a trailer at a parking lot in the French port city of Calais. He is believed to have taken his own life.
Three private rescue ships in the Mediterranean are now waiting for ports in which to disembark the more than 500 migrants they collectively rescued. Sea-Watch 4 has 145 on board, the Geo Barents 470, and 34 people are on deck the S1
The EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Tuesday announced the allocation for 2022 of a billion and a half euros by the EU for Syrians in Syria as well as refugees and the communities hosting them in the region.