Almost 100 migrants rescued by Ocean Viking off Libya
On Thursday night, the Ocean Viking rescued 92 migrants, including pregnant women and children off the Libyan coast. Those rescued were "extremely weak and soaked in petrol" said the rescue team.
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Merkel meets Erdogan to discuss migration
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is visiting Istanbul to talk with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Migration is the main focus of their talk -- from the future of the EU-Turkey migration deal to dealing with events in Libya.
Undocumented migrants in Italy double after security decree, Amnesty
By the end of 2020, the number of undocumented migrants in Italy could surpass 670,000. That is more than twice as many as only five years ago, according to a report by Amnesty International.
Georgian's death in Italian migrant center sparks outcry
The death of a Georgian migrant in a repatriation center in the town of Gradisca, northeastern Italy, has sparked outrage. Witnesses say that the man had been brutally beaten by ten policemen but what actually happened has not yet been...
Merkel in Davos: 'Our mistake was not being prepared for refugee crisis'
Chancellor Merkel, in Davos, has said the conflict in Libya must be stopped before another refugee crisis begins. She added that a global decrease in diplomacy was making regions like the Sahel more unstable.
UK parliament votes against reuniting child refugees with families
British MPs approved the latest Brexit bill, but rejected five amendments. They included provisions to reunite child refugees with families already in the UK, and guaranteed residence for millions of EU citizens.
Gang caught smuggling Kurdish migrants into the UK
Authorities in France and the Netherlands have arrested 23 people suspected of involvement in large-scale people smuggling. They are believed to have smuggled 10,000 Kurdish migrants into the UK from France.
'Difficult conditions' for migrant farmworkers in southern Italy, MSF says
Many migrant farmworkers in the Matera region in Italy suffer from diseases linked to poor working and living conditions, and lack sufficient access to public healthcare, Doctors Without Borders says in a new report.
Interpol deals blow to trafficking and smuggling rings in Balkans
Over 200 suspected traffickers and migrant smugglers have been arrested in an Interpol-led operation. Victims of the rings came from 14 different countries.
Italy sends 68 asylum seekers to France
68 asylum seekers have been sent from Rome to Paris as part of an EU-wide relocation program. Since September 2019, some 464 people have been redistributed from Italy to other EU countries.
Climate refugees can't be returned home, UN committee
In a landmark ruling, the United Nations Human Rights Committee has said that governments must take into account the effects of the climate crisis when considering the deportation of asylum seekers.
Greek islanders protest over migrant camps
Residents, business owners and officials on the Greek islands of Lesbos, Samos and Chios are holding a day of protests over migrant camps. Local authorities are demanding that Athens speed up transfers of migrants to the mainland.