After an inquiry was announced into cooperatives managed by family members of MP Aboubakar Soumaharo who is known for his work as a trade unionist, party leaders have called for the taking on of "full political responsibility". The secretary of the party has denied knowing anything about the case.
Italian parliamentarian Aboubakar Soumahoro has suspended himself from his party amid embezzlement and exploitation accusations against his mother-in-law and wife. The migrant rights activist himself is not under investigation.
The Paris Court of Appeals has reopened an inquiry on a shipwreck dating back to 2011 when 63 migrants died. They had been left at sea with no help for two weeks.
A recent incident involving asylum-seekers on the Greek-Turkish border raises questions about how Greek authorities use EU-funded surveillance technology for search and rescue missions, a DW investigation has found.
The migrant reception network of the Friuli Venezia Giulia (FVG) region in northeastern Italy has requested an "adequate and in-depth investigation" into the suicide of a young Pakistani migrant inside the center for repatriation and asylum seekers (CPR) of Gradisca d'Isonzo.
A man believed to be a migrant or refugee was found dead in the back of a truck trailer in northern Italy. He has not yet been identified. The trailer had travelled from Turkey via ship.
Spanish prosecutors have launched an investigation into last week's migrant deaths on the border of Spain's Melilla enclave in Africa. The Spanish prime minister meanwhile defended the way Moroccan and Spanish police repelled the migrants. In Morocco and Spain, pro-migrant protesters took to the streets.
175 people are under investigation in Genoa, northern Itay, because they allegedly falsely claimed to be running a small business to get a stay permit.
Greek Minister of Migration and Asylum Notis Mitarakis has expressed surprise at UNHCR's concern over alleged pushbacks in Greece.
Italian authorities arrested six Egyptian citizens on February 10 on charges of aiding and abetting undocumented migration and murder. The victim was a migrant who was allegedly threatened and beaten aboard a boat in order to force him to remain below deck, near the engine area, until he died.
Italian authorities have reported five migrants to prosecutors and to pensions and social security agency INPS for allegedly claiming the 'citizenship wage' minimum-income benefit illicitly.
Police in Agrigento, southern Italy, have arrested four people. They are charged with providing fake documents to migrants, which allowed them to obtain stay permits.