Italian authorities have arrested a Serbian citizen accused of taking two migrants to Italy illegally, including a 15-year-old. Sources said the migrants were hidden inside the refrigerated part of a truck driven by the suspect that had left from a port in Greece.
Four Iraqi citizens have been arrested by authorities managing the al-Hol refugee camp in northeastern Syria. The suspects allegedly killed at least two people, Syrian Kurdish authorities said this week. The victims were refugees living in the camp.
80% of young migrants and refugees in Italy surveyed in a poll by UNICEF said they had experienced or witnessed prejudice. To respond to the needs that emerged from the survey, the UN agency has launched a campaign against stereotypes.
NGOs and groups working with migrants in the Florence area signed an open letter to the city authorities denouncing the "unsustainable situation" that "hundreds of foreign citizens are facing at the time they access the offices of the Florence police for stay permit procedures."
UNICEF and Italy's National Institute for Health, Migration and Poverty (NIHMP/INMP) have signed an agreement to boost safeguarding of the health of minors, women and families from the migrant community.
The National Chamber of Italian Fashion (CNMI) on June 20 presented its project "Fashion Deserves the World," thanks to which 15 young refugees and migrants who want to have a career in fashion will be able to study and find work in Italian companies.
The National association of Italian municipalities (ANCI) has said in a new report that in 2020, Italy's System of reception and integration (SAI) hosted 37,372 migrants, down from 39,686 in 2019 and a peak of 41,113 recorded the previous year.
Italian authorities have carried out a sweeping operation that led to the arrest of seven people, including farmers and an alleged Senegalese gangmaster. Migrant workers had allegedly been forced to work very long shifts for just a few euros an hour.
A new report has denounced the labor conditions for migrant agriculture workers on the Gioia Tauro plain in southern Calabria. The report is published by the Italian organization Doctors for Human Rights (MEDU).
Greece's decision to consider Turkey a safe third country is "unacceptable," 38 humanitarian organizations have argued in a letter to the Greek government and the European Union. Greece recently declared Turkey safe for asylum seekers from Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
The mayor of Ventimiglia on the border between France and Italy is calling for night patrols to prevent migrant flows from "causing problems of public order" in the city. He also criticized the Italian government for allowing the problems to continue.
Italian Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese has announced the signing of a protocol to bring 500 people from Libya to Italy. She also called for Europe to hold "constructive dialogue" on migration.