The number of migrants who tried to cross irregularly into the European Union in January was up 78% compared to the same month in 2021. That's according to new figures released by EU border agency Frontex.
Police in Milan, Italy, have arrested ten people on charges of facilitating 'illegal' migration. They are accused of smuggling migrants into France.
The Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatovic, has called on Malta to review its cooperation with Libya, which she said is not a safe place to return migrants to.
The Moroccan navy provided assistance to 120 migrants over the weekend. The migrants were picked up from several different boats by the coast guard operating in both the Mediterranean and Atlantic waters.
Dozens of migrants, mostly from sub-Saharan African countries and Sudan, have staged protests in the southern Tunisian city of Zarzis. They said they had been marginalized and demanded to be evacuated.