Members and supporters of German far-right groups have been involved in clashes with demonstrators on the Greek island of Lesbos. The right-wing activists have traveled to Greece, they say, to show solidarity with islanders and defend Europe's borders against migrants.
A court in southeastern France on Thursday sentenced the president of the far-right anti-migrant group Generation Identity, its spokesman and a third person to six months in prison for a spectacle-like expedition in the Alps to stop migrants.
The migrant rescue organization SOS Mediterranee said on Friday that its headquarters in the French city of Marseille had been "attacked" by far right activists. Meanwhile, thousands of people attended rallies across Europe on Saturday to show solidarity for the NGO and its rescue mission.
The far-right Identitarian youth movement has called on its members to become guardians for underage refugees. The provocative action has been condemned by German authorities.
There is no longer any space for drowned migrants' corpses in the cemetery of the coastal town Zarzis, Tunisia. Local fishermen had thus far dealt with the situation. Now, in agreement with the town council, the Red Crescent has launched an online fundraiser for the purchase of more land to give a decent burial to the victims and to create a place to commemorate them.
A group of Tunisian fishermen blocked the boat of far-right movement 'Generation Identity' from docking at the port of Zarzis in the southeast of Tunisia. The Identitarians had chartered the vessel C-Star to run their anti-migrant mission 'Defend Europe'.
Identitarians have raised over 150,000 euros to fund a boat to stop refugees coming into the continent. A bomb has exploded in a migrant reception center in Sardinia and Italy is considering sending its navy into Libyan water to send migrants back. This and more in today's news roundup.