Spike in migrants under 18 reaching Italy from Tunisia

A record number of irregular migrants under 18 years old reached Italy from Tunisia last year, more than quadrupling in four years, a rights group said Wednesday.
#migrants #tunisia #italy

French court fines far-right presidential candidate for hate speech and inciting racial hatred

A French court on Monday convicted the far-right French presidential candidate Éric Zemmour of inciting racial hatred and fined him for remarks he made in 2020, according to reports. During a September 2020 TV appearance, Zemmour had made racist comments about unaccompanied migrants.
#frenchcourt #ericzemmour #racism

At least 53 migrants die in Mexico truck accident

At least 53 mostly Central American migrants died when the truck transporting them turned over in southern Mexico on Thursday, in one of the worst accidents to befall people risking their lives to reach the United States border.
#mexico #centralamericanmigrants

Four migrants drown, 13 rescued off Algeria: coastguard

The Algerian coastguard recovered four bodies from the Mediterranean Sea and rescued 13 migrants after a boat capsized in its waters, the defence ministry said on Sunday.
#algeria #algeriancoastguard #mediterraneansea

Italian captain given jail term for returning migrants to Libya

A ship’s captain who handed 101 migrants over to the Libyan coastguard after rescuing them in the Mediterranean Sea has been given a one-year jail term, in the first such case heard by Italy’s courts.
#libya #mediterraneansea #coastguard