Three prefects and four state employees have been indicted by prosecutor's office of Venice, Italy. They are accused of fraud and having warned the management of a local reception center ahead of inspection visits.
Italian authorities have arrested six people who allegedly exploited hundreds of migrant workers in the southern Italian region of Basilicata. Another 19 people are being investigated for migrant labor exploitation.
Some of the survivors of the shipwreck near the Italian island of Lampedusa told us their stories. One of them tried to save a little girl, but couldn't. He had to watch her drown.
During a visit to a hospital in Monza, northern Italy, our reporters heard terrible stories from migrants who were tortured. A surgeon there says they have treated people with "smashed hands, machete cuts, petrol burns."
Some of the women who died in a shipwreck in the Mediterranean on Sunday night were pregnant, according to Italian authorities. More than 50 migrants were on board the boat that capsized off the coast of Lampedusa. At least 17 people remain missing.
The Mediterranean crossing continues to be the deadliest migrant route worldwide: 19,000 migrants have been reported dead or missing since October 3, 2013. So far this year, the crossing has claimed over 1,000 victims.
The European Commission has asked Italy to guarantee an effective and human repatriation program. Last week, Italy had announced a new decree to accelerate the expulsion of migrants from 'safe countries' who have no right to stay.
The foundation of Rome's Policlinico Gemelli Hospital, in cooperation with the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart and Catholic charity Comunità Sant'Egidio, has presented a clinic to treat migrants and asylum seekers.
A survey conducted with 300 young migrants and refugees in Italy via the online platform UNICEF U-Report on the Move revealed that 54% of those surveyed had never heard of hate speech and fake news.
The Gay Center, an organization for LGBT rights in Italy, has expressed concern over a new decree concerning asylum seekers. A Gay Center spokesman on Monday said that countries offering no protection to LGBT people or those criminalizing same-sex relationships are listed as 'safe' countries of origin in the new repatriation program.
A boat carrying some 50 migrants from Tunisia and West Africa has sunk off the coast of the island of Lampedusa, south of Sicily. The Italian coast guard has rescued 22 people so far, but it has also recovered at least 13 bodies.
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has called on EU member states to relaunch a naval rescue operation in the Mediterranean. The body, which is not related to the European Union, highlighted that it is the duty of EU member states "not to let people drown in the Mediterranean."