Slovenia, hundreds of migrants stopped in police operations
Seven human traffickers arrested as migrant numbers increase along the Balkan Route and police step up controls.
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UK and France step up action to stop people smuggling in the Channel
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.
Tunisia intercepts multiple migrant departures in separate operations
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.
Migrants arrested on suspicion of rape in Bosnia
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.
3 entrepreneurs arrested for exploiting migrant workers in Italy
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.
Bricks thrown at police, 13 injured at Turin center
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.
Police bust smuggling ring between Morocco and Spain
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.
‘We don’t know where they’ve been taken,’ aid groups say after Calais migrant camp is evacuated
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.
Where were the 1,600 migrants taken from Paris camps?
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.
Three arrested in Sicily for torturing refugees in Libya
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.
Prostitution racket: 3 Nigerians arrested in Italy
Italian police have arrested three Nigerian nationals accused of belonging to a criminal organization involved in trafficking women from Nigeria to Libya and then to Italy; where they were forced to engage in prostitution.
Migrants stopped in Tunisia, 'thwarted departures to Italy'
Tunisian authorities stopped a group of migrants who were allegedly trying to reach Italy illegally over the weekend. They arrested the four alleged organizers, who are being investigated for "forming an organised crime group aimed at illegally leaving the maritime border."