Research has found that foreign nationals in Italy are poorer than those born in the country. Migrants have also suffered greater effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to worsening poverty.
As more migrants land on Italian coasts, an Italian prosecutor's office has opened an inquiry into an incident in which a Libyan boat rammed into a migrant dinghy. Three people are still missing.
Afghans working with the journalists have also been released. The Taliban has imposed strict measures on media and free expression since taking power last August.
The German government is being urged to speed up efforts to bring Afghans at risk from the Taliban to safety. Three refugee groups have called for "swift and decisive action."
Authorities in Germany and the Netherlands have raided accommodation centers where migrant workers are being kept in squalid conditions by unscrupulous employers. Police also confirmed that some are being smuggled in illegally from1