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.
Italian authorities have arrested nine people accused of exploiting farm workers in the plane of Gioia Tauro, in the southern region of Calabria. The victims include several migrants of sub-Saharan origin living in the tent camp of San Ferdinando.
Bari police on February 10 arrested two alleged smugglers believed to have illegally taken 32 migrants to the town of Marina di San Gregorio in the Italian region of Puglia. Investigators said they found maps and nautical routes connecting Greece to Italy on the suspects' phones.
A Syrian NGO based in the United States has filed a case with the International Criminal Court (ICC) to demand an investigation into alleged abuse and mistreatment of refugees by Greek authorities.
Three Greek border guards and one policemen were charged with assaulting asylum seekers on Lesbos. The officials were charged on Saturday after an internal investigation from Athens. They have been released pending trial.