48 new tutors in Sicily for unaccompanied minors
A reported 48 people have completed a course in Sicily to become tutors for unaccompanied migrant minors, organizers said on July 13. They will support the education and training of foreign minors.
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Migration to Italy fell in 2020 pandemic year, federal statistics bureau reports
According to a report by the Italian statistics bureau ISTAT, the pandemic caused a decrease in migration to Italy in 2020.
EU border agency Frontex vows additional support for Lithuania amid migrant crisis
Lithuania has seen a sharp rise of migrants entering its territory, with most of them originally coming from Africa and the Middle East. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is suspected of causing the surge.
Lithuania to build wall along Belarus border
The move comes as Minsk enables a huge influx of illegal migration into the EU. Lithuania says Belarus is seeking to harm the European bloc in response to sanctions.
Italy detains 8 migrant smugglers in international waters
The Italian authorities on Friday detained eight alleged migrant smugglers during an operation off the country's southern Calabria region coast on the "mother ship" of a boat intercepted Thursday with 37 migrants onboard. Some 35 of the migrants were unaccompanied migrants.
Migrant flows from Libya: Italian Premier says EU action needed
The head of the Libyan national unity government, Abdulhamid Al Dabaiba, made an official visit to Rome on Monday in which Italian Premier Mario Draghi reiterated that "rapid and determined EU action is needed" regarding migrant flows.
Italy and Tunisia lay out plans to stem migrant departures
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.
EU seeks migration deals with Libya and Tunisia
A top EU commissioner is visiting Tunisia in the hope of striking a deal to reduce migrant sea-crossings. The EU also wants to move migrants from Italy to other member states.
Migrant transit center in former convent of Ventimiglia
Italian authorities have reported that a former convent in Ventimiglia is considered to be the only solution for the creation of a hosting center for migrants at the border with France. However, Bishop Antonio Suetta stressed that it would take over a year to open the facility. In the meantime, "the only possible path remains to reopen the Roya park" to those reaching the border, he noted.
Ceuta: Record number of migrants reach Spanish enclave
Thousands of migrants, many of them minors, have swum or sailed across the EU's land border with Africa. Some believe Morocco deliberately hobbled its border control measures.
Migrants swim from Morocco to Spanish territory
Spanish authorities say around 100 migrants have reached the Spanish enclave of Ceuta by swimming from neighboring Morocco. They were detained upon arrival.
Migrant arrivals in northeast Italy up by 20% this year
Authorities in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region in northeast Italy along the border with Slovenia report that from January 1 to May 10, the territory had seen a 20% increase in migrants entering compared with the same period of 2020.