Two police officers and an IOM employee suffered minor injuries in clashes at the Blazuj migrant reception center near Sarajevo on Wednesday, police said. More than 3,000 migrants are currently housed at the former military barracks.
25 migrants sustained "minor injuries" after a large fight broke out in an overcrowded migrant camp near the Cypriot capital Nicosia on Tuesday. The fights were reportedly between migrants from Syria and several different African countries.
Seven human traffickers arrested as migrant numbers increase along the Balkan Route and police step up controls.
The British Home Secretary Priti Patel met with her French counterpart on Sunday, July 12 to discuss how the two governments can step up their action against the smuggling of people across the Channel. The number of those attempting to cross has risen this year to "unacceptable" levels, said Patel.
Tunisian authorities in recent days have stopped various attempts by migrants to illegally depart for Europe. During their operations, the authorities also seized cash linked to criminal activity.
Six migrants from Afghanistan and Pakistan were arrested in Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday on suspicion of raping unaccompanied minors staying at the same camp. A further four men were arrested in the same operation on suspicion of drug trafficking and possession.
Carabinieri police have arrested the owners of two agricultural companies in southern Italy. The arrests were carried out as part of a sweeping operation against the 'caporalato' gangmaster system, investigative sources said.
Another violent episode took place at the migrant repatriation center (CPR) in Turin. Eleven police officers and two soldiers were injured during a riot that took place on Sunday night.
47 people were arrested in Gibraltar and Spain during the course of a police operation to break up a smuggling ring operating between Morocco, the British territory of Gibraltar and Spain.
French police on Tuesday conducted a massive evacuation of the makeshift migrant camp set up in an industrial zone on the outskirts of the port city of Calais. The local aid groups that witnessed the early morning raid, say they have no idea where the evacuated migrants have been taken.
After the dismantling of the camps in the north of Paris, the 1,600 migrants – ‘Dubliners’, newcomers, rejected asylum seekers, and even statutory refugees - were sent to some 20 locations in the Paris region, including gymnasiums, situation review centers and a refugee support center. One non-profit group denounced the placement of 16 migrants in retention centers in the wake of the dismantling.
Italian authorities have arrested three people accused of detaining and torturing dozens of migrants, who were hoping to travel to Italy, at a camp in Libya. The three suspects face charges including human trafficking.