A court in Palermo has heard that migrants who were stranded on board the Open Arms rescue ship in 2019 suffered "dire conditions" and psychological distress. Italy's former interior minister Matteo Salvini is facing trial for refusing to allow the migrants to disembark.
Eleven people have died in a shipwreck off the coast of Algeria. Five others – including two children – were rescued, having spent 14 hours at sea.
After ten days at sea the Ocean Viking rescue ship has docked in Sicily. As the migrants on board were brought to safety, rescue workers expressed frustration at the EU's failure to coordinate the disembarkation.
A migrant camp in Bosnia has been closed and up to 200 residents have been moved to the nearly Lipa facility, according to an aid group. No Name Kitchen said migrants also were forcibly evicted from squats in the area.
An investigation by Greece’s national transparency watchdog has found no basis for reports that Greek authorities have pushed back asylum seekers trying to enter the country from Turkey.
European Union and UNHCR officials have announced that Latvia, Lithuania and Poland still use "pushbacks and other violations of human rights" at the borders to keep migrants out. They added that they are also denying access to aid groups trying to help people in the border region with Belarus.
The Italian coast guard on Tuesday ordered another administrative detention for the migrant rescue ship Ocean Viking.
Migrant rights group Walking Borders has claimed over 4,400 migrants died attempting to reach Spain in the past year. The number is much higher than official UN figures.
The Italian NCO Consortium has delivered food packages to migrants near Naples through an initiative titled 'Facciamo un Pacco alla Camorra'. The project also aims to fight illegal gangs.
The Greek and Tunisian coast guards have also reported successful rescue missions. Nonetheless, dozens of people have died in shipwrecks in the Mediterranean over the past several days.
Nearly 350 migrants were rescued by the crew of the humanitarian rescue ship Geo Barents in several operations between Wednesday and early Thursday morning. The total number of migrants on the ship is now more than 450.
A help desk against racial, ethnic and religious discrimination will open on December 14 in the Italian city of Bologna. The new office will deal with reports of discrimination and provide support to victims thanks to a team of mediators, psychologists and experts.