Sea rescue NGOs Open Arms and Sea-Watch have rescued and brought ashore more than 800 migrants over the weekend. The crew of the Open Arms Uno also picked up 59 survivors and one corpse from an oil rig. 800 migrants are currently waiting on the Open Arms Uno and Humanity 1 to be assigned a port.
More than 21,000 Tunisians – mostly men and boys – have tried to cross the Mediterranean to Europe so far this year. At least 8,000 of them were turned back or died at sea.
The death toll from a shipwreck off Chebba last week has risen to 11, mostly Tunisians. 12 others are still missing.
The bodies of three migrants were recovered off Tunisia's coast on Tuesday night. On the same day, the mothers of men who disappeared while attempting the Mediterranean crossing a decade earlier gathered to demand answers.
UNHCR special envoy for the Western and Central Mediterranean situation Vincent Cochetel had to give an apology after making disparaging remarks about migrants and their families. Cochetel’s comments had ignited a major row on Twitter.
Nearly 460 migrants rescued from the Mediterranean by the Ocean Viking ship have disembarked in southern Italy.
Italy is scrambling to address overcrowded migrant shelters after scores of boats carrying a total of about 1,000 migrants reached its southern shores and the islands of Lampedusa and Pantelleria over the weekend.
Tunisian authorities blocked 7,000 Tunisians and nearly 9,000 foreigners from crossing the Mediterranean so far in 2022, according to a government official.
Austria is intensifying its crackdown on irregular immigration, launching a new campaign in a bid to deter potential migrants from countries including Morocco, Tunisia, India and Serbia.
Twenty people were rescued from the Mediterranean by Italian officials some 12 miles off Lampedusa on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Tunisian authorities intercepted more than 120 people enroute to Italy between Tuesday and Thursday.
A Tunisian citizen accused of transporting migrants illegally from North Africa to Italy has been arrested by border police in Ventimiglia, northwest Italy. The suspect was wanted over a migrant landing at the end of July on the Sicilian island of Pantelleria.
The Spanish Open Arms NGO rescued 101 migrants in the central Mediterranean. This was the first humanitarian mission of its new flagship, Uno. In the meantime, the influx of migrant arrivals in the regions of Calabria and Sicily continues.