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.
Many migrants do not have access to state support and health care in Italy because they cannot register their residency, according to Action Aid. The NGO is demanding local authorities end the practices that exclude many migrants from city registries.
Three men were found dead on board a boat carrying 81 other migrants that was rescued by Malta early on Wednesday. The charity Sea-Watch has claimed that authorities purposely delayed the rescue.
The town of Oulx, situated near the Italian-French border in Italy's Alta Valle di Susa, has continued to represent an "important crossroads of two migration flows directed to France," the organization Doctors for Human Rights (MEDU) said in a report on the situation at the northwestern border of the Alps released on July 9.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has called for the release of its migrant rescue ship Geo Barents, which operates in the Mediterranean, after it was seized by Italian authorities following an inspection.
The humanitarian group SOS Mediterranee has rescued a total of 572 migrants and refugees in Maltese and Libyan waters in recent days. Their vessel Ocean Viking is now looking for a port to disembark the rescuees, as further boats continue to depart from North Africa.
More than 40 migrants trying to reach Spain’s Canary Islands from West Africa have reportedly died in shipwrecks in the past few days. Several hundred others made the crossing to arrive in Spanish territory.
A Milan court has convicted 10 members of an organization running a "system" that forged documents in order to gain management rights of reception facilities for hundreds of migrants. A woman was sentenced to 11 years in prison, the highest jail term handed down in the trial.
NGOs and groups working with migrants in the Florence area signed an open letter to the city authorities denouncing the "unsustainable situation" that "hundreds of foreign citizens are facing at the time they access the offices of the Florence police for stay permit procedures."
In France a biometric system is increasingly being used to register young migrants who want to be recognized as unaccompanied minors. Aid groups worry this will result in more young minors being sent directly to detention centers and inaccurate assessments.