The Ocean Viking will have on board an exhibition of works by Italian cartoonist and activist Gianluca Costantini, who came up with this idea when the rescue ship of the NGO SOS Mediterranée docked in his city, Ravenna, in Bolognia.
NGO's warn the new measures introduced by the Italian government, which aim to restrict sea rescue operations by private ships, could result in thousands of deaths in the Mediterranean.
In Italy, Green Left Alliance party MP Aboubakar Soumahoro's mother-in-law and wife have spoken out about a graft probe into a cooperative linked to the family of the former migrant crop picker activist and unionist.
The Italian-Ivorian activist Aboubakar Soumahoro was elected to Italy's lower chamber of Parliament last Sunday. He has dedicated his work to fighting for migrants and workers who are exploited in the fields, namely those who are often regarded as "invisible".
Uber Eats couriers, mainly from Africa, demonstrated in Paris after the food delivery company accused riders of using fake identities and blocked 2,500 accounts.
Despite earlier promises, the Taliban has banned girls from attending school beyond the 6th grade. However, activists remain defiant, with schools for girls being set up in secret.
One year after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, activists in Europe urge the world not to forget Afghan women still fighting for justice and equality in their homeland.
The association Baobab Experience, which assists migrants in Rome, has said that its president, Andrea Costa, is on trial on charges of aiding and abetting illegal immigration.
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou has paid tribute to "Lesbos granny" Efstratia Mavrapidi who died at the age of 96 on Tuesday, as Greece bid farewell to another of its heroes of the migrant crisis.
A giant puppet of a young refugee girl is part of "The Walk," an art initiative that will travel 8,000 kilometers in support of refugees. It will also stop in Germany.
A young Afghan man was taken into custody as he was preparing the paperwork for his wedding. He was deported to Afghanistan as part of a collective deportation on Tuesday, despite the deteriorating security situation in the country, leaving his fiancé in shock.
French authorities have launched an investigation into the extremist group Génération identitaire on the grounds of incitement to racial hatred. Following an anti-migrant action earlier this month in the Pyrenees, the interior minister also said he would consider shutting the group down.