At least 220 migrants have been rescued from small boats south of the Spanish island of Gran Canaria in the Atlantic Ocean. Local authorities say the rate of crossings from Africa is rising.

A total of seven out of 10 migrants in Italy are still being hosted in the special (emergency) migrant reception system, despite the fact that arrivals decreased by 42% between 2018 and 2020.

Italian authorities arrested six Egyptian citizens on February 10 on charges of aiding and abetting undocumented migration and murder. The victim was a migrant who was allegedly threatened and beaten aboard a boat in order to force1

Last year saw another sharp rise in the number of people arriving 'irregularly' in Germany, even though they had already received refugee protection in Greece. Tens of thousands of claims for asylum in Germany remain on hold while a1