Italian authorities broke up a network facilitating illegal immigration from Ghana to Italy that involved a government official in the African country. Police said the official provided migrants with a handbook that explained how to get through border checks, as well as Italian language courses for payment.
German police have raided 26 premises across the country on Wednesday during an operation to dismantle human trafficking rings. Three suspects have been detained, who are alleged to have links to a criminal group run by a 65-year-old Kosovan national, who was also arrested.
A union for farmworkers FLAI-CGIL has opened an office in the southern Italian city of Taranto to support foreign workers and help them report cases of exploitation, in order to fight the gangmaster system.
What drove Sudanese migrant Badreddin Abadlla Adam to attack six people in Glasgow last week? There is increasing evidence that Adam was suffering mental health issues due to inadequate housing at the hotel where he was placed. Now there are calls for an independent inquiry to be launched.
Finance police in Palermo have seized assets worth 1.5 million euros from a 40-year-old Tunisian citizen suspected of trafficking migrants. The move was part of a probe coordinated by the State attorney's office in the Sicilian city, investigative sources said on June 25.
Italian authorities say they have dismantled an organization that illegally regularized migrants in the area of Naples by falsifying documents.
Two migrant boats were set on fire on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa on Friday night, reported the Italian press. Police have opened an inquest and are searching for the, as yet, unknown suspects.
Italian authorities arrested eight people as part of an investigation into drug trafficking managed at a migrant reception center in Trinità d'Agultu on the island of Sardinia.
French police have arrested an Afghan national following the brutal murder of a prominent activist in northern France who helped migrants. The 63-year-old was bludgeoned to death.
A report issued May 10 by Amnesty International has accused Russia and the Syrian government of committing war crimes in northwestern Syria. The human rights organization urged the UN not to cut humanitarian aid to the area.
Iran is denying its border guards beat, tortured and forced Afghan migrants into a river where some drowned. The Afghan government has launched an investigation and promised "necessary" action.
A fire destroyed parts of one of Greece's largest migrant camps on the Aegean island of Chios. On Saturday a blaze tore through Vial camp destroying some accommodation and administrative facilities and leaving a few hundred homeless.