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With outside temperatures reaching moderate summer degrees, the migrants hiding inside the tanker are believed to have been exposed to rising heat | Screenshot: Bitlis Emniyet Müdürlüğü (Bitlis Authority for Security) via X

Turkey: 30 migrants freed from tanker to be deported

Authorities in Turkey have discovered 30 irregular migrants hiding inside a tanker on the back of a truck near the Iranian border. The event reportedly took place in the southeast of the country.

The blaze damaged part of the petrol station as well, making the crime scene a potential safety hazard for hours | Photo: Luigi Salsini/Frame Video/ANSA

Italy: Four migrant workers burned alive in suspected arson case linked to migrant mafia

Italian police have detained two Pakistani nationals for the murder of four migrant farm workers who were found dead in a burnt-out vehicle in Calabria in an apparently deliberate attack. An eyewitness survivor appears to be corrobo1

File photo: Checks have been employed around of Germany's borders since September 2024 | Photo: Udo Herrmann / picture alliance / Chromorange

European Commission calls on Germany to phase out border checks

The European Commission has said that there isn't sufficient justification for a blanket extension of German border controls. Since mid-2024, Germany has beefed up checks and controls along its borders, citing extraordinary security1

From file: Irregular migrants usually use so-called cayucos to travel thousands of kilometers over the Atlantic, aiming to reach Spain's Canary Islands | Photo: Antonio Sempere / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS

Mauritania: Over 100 migrants rescued at sea

The Mauritanian coast guard said that it saved 110 migrants after the engine of their rickety boat broke down. Among those rescued were 12 women and three children. The boat had reportedly set off from The Gambia, presumably heading1

While Syrians were the largest group to obtain German citizenship last year, more than 70% of Germans with dual citizenship come from the EU | Photo: Wolfgang M. Weber/IMAGO

Most new German citizens keep original nationality: survey

Germany's previous government changed laws to allow dual citizenship. A new survey shows that, one year after that reform, more than 85% of new German citizens are opting to keep their original nationality.