A judge in Agrigento has shelved a case against Sea-Watch 3 migrant rescue ship skipper Artuto Centore for allegedly favoring illegal immigration over the landing of 47 migrants on Lampedusa in 2019.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has spoken out against a new center for asylum seekers that was opened by the EU and the Greek government on September 18 on the Greek island of Samos, saying that it is "like a prison".
It is well known that breastfeeding is generally good for babies and mothers. But while the practice is common in their country of origin, migrant mothers often tend to opt for formula in the new host countries. In Greece, one organization is trying to ensure that they get enough support to give their babies the best possible start in life.
The humantiarian ship ResqPeople has docked at the Sicilian port of Augusta (Siracusa) with 166 migrants aboard, including women and children. Meanwhile another ship run by Doctors without Borders (MSF) with 322 rescuees aboard is still waiting to be granted a safe port.
A tally of the numbers of migrants who die or go missing during their journeys is impossible to establish definitively, since so many go without telling people, and travel via illegal means. Deaths at sea are even harder to trace, because many of the bodies are never recovered. The Atlantic Crossing from West Africa towards the Canaries is one of the worst routes for this.
Despite tougher measures on both sides of the English Channel, asylum-seekers are still trying to make the dangerous crossing from France to the United Kingdom, in an attempt to find a better future.
Italy has called for the introduction of a redistribution mechanism of migrants among EU member states once more. For weeks, hundreds of migrants have been arriving in the country daily.
Several Italian organizations have said that an eviction of an informal camp for transiting migrants in Rome was "ineffective" and have criticized the government for proving "no alternative solution ... for the people taking shelter there."
The two NGO rescue vessels "Ocean Viking" and "Sea-Watch 3" now carry a total of more than 800 people on board, all of whom were rescued in the Mediterranean Sea over the weekend.
A broad alliance of more than 60 non-governmental organizations have called for the elimination of so-called anchor centers in Germany, which are used to accommodate asylum seekers and process their applications.
A new report by Save The Children Italy revealed that in 2020, the national anti-trafficking system had 2,040 victims of trafficking in its care, 716 of whom were new cases that emerged during the year. The majority of cases are women, and Nigeria was the leading country of origin.
The non-governmental organization Aegean Boat Report has vehemently rejected accusations by Greek police that its members, along with those of other organizations, are involved in facilitating the illegal transfer of refugees and migrants to the Greek islands or that it was involved in espionage.