A former head of a consortium in Italy's Tuscany region has been sentenced to three years in jail for having evaded millions of euros in taxes while managing several migrant reception centers in the region.
Close to 50,000 people who were granted refugee protection in Greece have applied for asylum in Germany, Germany's interior ministry said. Out of 8,000 applications processed so far, nine in ten have reportedly been approved.
Activists on the Greek island of Lesbos over the weekend protested against the illegal pushback of migrants. A Greek minister, meanwhile, denied media reports accusing the country's coast guard of such illegal pushbacks at sea.
At least 95 refugees from various African countries and Syria have arrived in Italy on a UNHCR charter flight. The migrants were victims of torture and other serious forms of abuse.
Kenya has asked the UN Security Council to open an in-depth investigation into the deaths of 23 migrants who were trying to reach the Spanish enclave of Melilla on June 24.