Greece on Wednesday urged the European Commission to urgently intervene and relocate the 500 migrants that Greek authorities rescued at sea on Tuesday in the latest high-profile migrant search and rescue operation in the country.
Italy, Malta, Cyprus and Greece sent a joint letter in which they criticize the lack of compliance with agreements by EU member states. Spain makes its own points separately.
Germany has introduced a new program to relocate Afghans suffering persecution at the hands of the Taliban. Civil society members and minorities are considered most at-risk.
The bodies of three migrants have been recovered at sea some 40 miles south of Trapani, Sicily. Coast guards said they are continuing to search for missing passengers.
As large numbers of migrants continue to reach Italian shores, many of those who end up in the northern region of Milan are minors traveling alone. That poses special challenges for the city, the deputy mayor Lamberto Bertolé tells InfoMigrants.
Greece has succesfully relocated over 1,200 migrant unaccompanied children in the last two years to other EU countries, claims the Athens government.
A group of 38 asylum seekers left Italy for France last week. They are the first to be relocated under the EU's new 'voluntary solidarity mechanism.'
The Danish government has announced that it will take 200 refugees from Rwanda under a resettlement quota scheme. But the door remains firmly closed to asylum seekers.
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Germany plans to take in migrants from Italy under the new EU solidarity mechanism, which seeks to reduce pressure on southern and EU border states.
Missions by French and German officials to Italian centers, as well as further German checks have been announced in the coming days in the "first concrete step" towards a European migrant relocation system, the Italian interior ministry has announced.
EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson has announced that 13 EU countries are ready for the relocation of migrants, with over 8,000 relocations already agreed upon and others ready to provide financial aid. She said that this was a positive result.
Eighteen EU countries and three associated countries have agreed on a 'temporary mechanism of solidarity' to respond to migration challenges faced by Mediterranean member states.