UNICEF and the Akelius foundation have introduced an e-learning platform into Italian schools for language learning. The aim is to support newly arrived students with their learning of the Italian language as well as Italian student1
The Cypriot government says the vast majority of migrants enter the island's breakaway north via Turkey and then seek asylum in the EU-backed south. Arrivals doubled to about 10,000 in the first five months of this year.
After a series of rescues, the Sea-Eye 4 has 492 migrants on board. Meanwhile, almost 500 migrants arrived on Lampedusa in the last couple of days.
A 35-year-old Egyptian migrant died on Wednesday evening after being struck by a bullet fired by French police. The van he was traveling in rammed through immigration controls at the border, said French prosecutors.
More children are displaced from their homes worldwide than at any time since WWII, UNICEF has said. The agency has urged governments to boost efforts to protect and support all child refugees and migrants.