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.
Spanish police have broken up a gang that smuggled hundreds of migrants across the Balkans into the European Union, cramming them in trucks in inhumane conditions. Police in nine countries were involved in the operation, authorities said on Thursday.
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."