A 32-year-old Ukrainian mother of two who fled war in her country died when the bus she was traveling on with dozens of other Ukrainian refugees overturned near Cesena, on Italy's east coast.
At least 44 people, including several infants, drowned off Morocco's coast last week as they were trying to reach Spain's Canary Islands, an NGO has said.
Libya's coast guard has said that at least 19 people are missing and are presumed dead after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the east coast of Libya over the weekend. The vessel reportedly carried around two dozen m1
The Greek coast guard rescued 101 men who had set off by boat from the western coast of Turkey. The migrants – mostly from Afghanistan – were taken to the island of Leros.
A controversy has erupted in Denmark after the government asked Syrian refugees to return to their home country despite the civil war. Meanwhile it works on legislation to suspend asylum rules for Ukrainians fleeing their country.