The European Commission has launched an initiative to attract talent and strengthen partnerships on migration with third countries. "Replacing irregular migration with legal pathways should be our strategic objective," Home Affairs European Commissioner Ylva Johansson stressed.
The number of people who have entered Lithuania from neighboring Belarus irregularly so far this year has more than tripled compared to all of 2020. Some Lithuanian politicians blame Belarussian President Lukashenko, who recently threatened to loosen border controls.
British Home Secretary Priti Patel has urged TikTok and other social media platforms to remove posts which she says promote illegal migration.
At least 23 migrants have been found dead in a shipwreck off the coast of Tunisia. Seventy of their fellow passengers were rescued by the Tunisian navy, according to an NGO.
A photo of Luna Reyes, a Red Cross volunteer in Ceuta has unleashed a campaign of hate on social media against the young woman. In the picture, she is seen hugging a Senegalese migrant in tears right after he had crossed the border from Morocco.
Italy and the European Union have offered economic support to Tunisia in return for tougher efforts to stop migrants coming into Europe. Among the measures is a "hotline" for better exchange of information about illegal departures from Tunisia.
Nearly 6,000, mostly Moroccan, migrants irregularly entered the Spanish territory of Ceuta on Monday – the largest number of migrant arrivals ever recorded there over the course of a single day. But what prompted the sudden influx, and how was it even possible? InfoMigrants takes a closer look at the mechanisms behind the sudden mass border-crossing.
Some 830 migrants trying to reach Europe from Libya have been returned since mid-last week, including over 600 on Friday and Saturday, according to the IOM and Libya's navy. Eleven migrants reportedly drowned off Libya on Sunday. Separately, UNICEF warned of the dire situation of tens of thousands of migrant and refugee children in Libya.
The International Organization of Migration (IOM) has released a report examining the anguish and turmoil that migrants and refugees experience not knowing what happened to their relatives and friends. Above all, it focused on legal hurdles, especially faced by migrants in the UK, that might make an already painful situation worse.
According to Spanish police, around 100 migrants have tried to swim to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from neighboring Morocco. At least two arrived on a beach in Ceuta.
The number of undocumented migrants arriving in Europe, especially via the eastern Mediterranean Sea route, has decreased, according to the EU border agency. At the same time, more are making the crossing from North Africa.
French maritime authorities say they have rescued 84 people aboard four vessels who attempted to reach the UK from France's northern coast. The number of irregular Channel crossings from France to the UK has risen sharply since late 2018.