Four migrants were found dead on the Poland-Belarus border, three Iraqi men in Poland and one Iraqi woman in Belarus. The Polish prime minister spoke of "dramatic events and Belarusian provocations."
A Somali asylum seeker on Saturday was arrested by police after stabbing five people in Rimini. The victims include a child with Bangladeshi roots who suffered grave stab wounds to the throat. The incident sparked a political controversy with the League party attacking Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese
A reported 161 migrants were arrested in August by Sicily's Agrigento flying squad police on unlawful reentry charges, the local chief prosecutor said. The migrants had either been previously expelled or were reportedly not allowed to stay in Italy.
On 26 July, Italian authorities carried out an operation against the illegal hiring of foreign workers at Grafica Veneta, a leading company in the printing of books and publications in Italy. Nine Pakistani citizens were arrested on charges of exploitation of fellow workers, along with two managers of the company.
A report by the European Parliament concludes that the EU border agency Frontex overlooked evidence of fundamental rights violations and "failed to address and follow-up on these violations promptly, vigilantly and effectively."
Gloria Bresciani, the (suspended) Uber manager in Italy who is charged with alleged illegal gangmastering practices against riders, has been ordered to stand trial. According to the charges, Bresciani and three other defendants exploited "the state of need" of "migrant asylum seekers" who lived in "reception centers" and "in conditions of extreme vulnerability".
The general prosecutor's office in Spain has opened an inquiry into whether any migrants under age 18 were pushed back among those that were forced to leave the Ceuta enclave after the arrival of thousands of people in only a few days from Morocco.
Police have carried out raids across Germany, as well as in Slovakia, in an operation against people smuggling gangs. Thay made two arrrests and found dozens of individuals at properties in several German states.
Italian authorities have filed charges against 177 migrants in the Calabrian town of San Ferdinando accused of illicitly benefitting from the 'citizenship wage' basic income.
Fedasil, the federal agency for the reception of asylum seekers in Belgium, announced on April 24 that it would investigate the Jalhay center for asylum seekers, near Liège. There have been reports of dilapidated premises, threats, and neglect of health care.
Six people from a business group involved in migrant reception in Naples have been placed under investigation. The police probe found that the migrants 'received' were living in very poor conditions, with no bathroom facilities and walls of cardboard inside rooms carved out of a large hall.
Italian police has dismantled an organization that worked to bring migrants from Kurdish areas to Europe, including through the procurement of fake ID documents. Among those arrested was an Iraqi national linked to a Syrian responsible for a terrorist attack in London in September 2017.