Tunisia announces closure of Medenine migrant centre
Tunisia has decided to close the Medenine center for migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers due to overcrowding and inhumane conditions.
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Europe's apathy toward humanitarian rescue outrages NGOs
Aid organizations SOS Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) are being forced to end their life-saving Mediterranean rescue mission. MSF managing director Florian Westphal told DW the situation is "catastrophic."
Derelict factory housing migrants 'unworthy of a city like Rome'
Hundreds of people, both migrants and Italians, are living in a former penicillin factory in Rome, amidst rubbish, unsafe structures, and highly dangerous chemical waste. They are calling on the city government to provide them with an alternative so they can leave the structure, which is an environmental hazard to both the structure's occupants and the area's residents.
Rise in migrants in Ventimiglia Red Cross camp
The Red Cross in Ventimiglia - on the border between France and Italy - has reported an increase in the number of migrants in its center, compared with the month of May.
Desperation after Italian migrant camp burns
Migrants who had been forced to work in the fields in southern Italy for 25€ ($30) per day have been left homeless in the middle of winter after a fire burned down the camp in Calabria where they were living.