Latvia alleges migrants are being forced into border sabotage if they cannot pay. Rights groups say protection from refoulement, violence, and arbitrary detention must remain central to any response.
Local authorities and regional officials in the Canary Islands have raised concerns over severe resource constraints as large numbers of irregular migrants continue to reach the archipelago — especially the small southwestern island1
More than 30 people have been rescued overnight from a migrant boat just south of Gavdos, Greece’s southernmost island. Greece's southernmost islands continue to see an increase in migrant arrivals since August.
Greek police have arrested seven suspected members of migrant smuggling rings in the country's north in recent days. In one case, officers found 12 people crammed into a vehicle.
The 74 migrants, including 10 unaccompanied minors, were found living in overcrowded and hazardous conditions in a building in Ceuta. A local man is suspected of leading a criminal network involved in migrant smuggling and labor exp1