France called for crisis talks after the recent deaths of 27 people attempting to cross the English Channel. France rescinded the invite to UK Home Secretary Priti Patel after a row broke out late last week.
The private rescue ship Sea-Watch 4 has been granted permission to dock in Sicily having waited for a safe port assignment since Monday. It has been carrying around 460 migrants rescued from distress in the Mediterranean in the cour1
Hundreds of migrants are still being intercepted daily along the Poland-Belarus border while trying to reach the European Union. Many of the smugglers meanwhile have been found to be residing in Germany.
A second group of Iraqi nationals have returned to northern Iraq on two flights after spending weeks or months in Belarus trying to reach the European Union. Several said that they had suffered abuse at the hands of Belarusian autho1
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin told his British counterpart Priti Patel that she was "no longer welcome" at weekend talks. This follows Boris Johnson's decision to publish a critical letter to Emmanuel Macron.