A trial pitting Italy's far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni against writer Roberto Saviano started in Rome. It follows an outburst two years ago by Saviano over Meloni's stance on migrants.
A trial against a German man accused of murder in a 1991 arson attack on a refugee center in Saarlouis begins in Germany today. The fire resulted in the death of a Ghanaian asylum seeker.
The UK's official borders watchdog has decried the "wretched conditions" encountered at a migrant processing center in Kent, UK. The facility in Ramsgate has been under fire for days, following reports of a diphtheria outbreak.
Four people have been arrested and five others have been placed under investigation in Tuscany on charges of favoring illegal immigration by organizing fake marriages between Italians and non-EU citizens.
Two Iraqi citizens and an Italian are under investigation for allegedly favoring the illegal entry and stay in Italy of several undocumented non-EU citizens, as part of a journey whose final destination was France or the United Kingdom.
A 35-year-old Eritrean man wanted by Italian authorities on human trafficking charges has been arrested in Ethiopia and extradited to Italy. Ghebremedin Temeschen Ghebru was wanted for over a year as the alleged leader of a "transnational association operating between Central Africa, Maghreb countries, Italy and Northern Europe" for migrant trafficking, Italian police said.
Three Maltese police officers have been accused of abduction and violence against migrants during operations to fight irregular immigration at the beginning of September. A judge refused to release the three on bail and indicted them.
A 38-year-old Eritrean man who was arrested in Ethiopia two years ago has been extradited to the Netherlands. The man is accused of running a large human trafficking ring.
The campaign group working to free three young Africans known as the ‘El Hiblu 3’ has delivered an open letter to Malta’s Attorney General. The migrants from Guinea and Ivory Coast were arrested and accused in Malta of having committed multiple crimes -- including acts of terrorism and hijacking a ship.
The British government was reportedly warned, several times, by its own advisers that sending asylum seekers to Rwanda might not be a sensible policy.
Migrants in the UK could become victims of immigration service providers, who claim they can offer easy ways to obtain legal status. However, in many instances it appears they do little but take advantage of vulnerable people who desperately need help.
Youngsters, little more then children, incarcerated and tried like adults, are being charged as 'smugglers' upon their arrival in Italy. While the real human traffickers remain in Libya. The Italian news agency ANSA has collected some of their stories.