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Open Arms migrant boat: Salvini concession as children leave vessel

Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini made a partial concession to let 27 children stranded on board NGO migrant rescue ship Open Arms leave the vessel.

The Cube

Twitter reunites ex-refugee with kind stranger who gifted her a bike

As a five-year-old, Mevan Babakar found herself living in a refugee camp in the Netherlands, and vividly recalls being gifted a bike by a camp worker. Years later, she took to Twitter to find him.

World

Italian PM says EU countries have offered to take Open Arms migrants

Italian Prime Minister Giseuppe Conte says six EU countries have offered to take the stranded Open Rescue migrants as the head of the charity aiding them says the shipneeds an emergency medical evacuation.

Libya

'Migrants experiencing horrific circumstances in Libya,' says NGO

"Ocean Viking", operated by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and SOS Méditerranée, is stranded off the coast of Libya with around 356 migrants.

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World News

Open Arms: Richard Gere delivers groceries to stranded migrant ship

In pictures posted to the charity's Twitter account, Gere was shown unloading boxes of fruit, vegetables, and water

United Kingdom

Dozens of suspected migrants rescued off southern coast of England

Dozens of suspected migrants have been brought to shore in the UK after a rescue operation was conducted off southern England on Friday morning.

World News

Richard Gere and Matteo Salvini clash over migrant ship

The Maltese government said in a statement to Euronews that the NGO Open Arms is not letting them take 39 people that were rescued in an area of Malta's responsibility, insisting they also take the 121 people rescued in an area outside of the country's responsibility.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

On Europe's doorstep: migrants stuck in Bosnian border camp

Most of the 500 or more men in the camp want to make their way north into the European Union but are being intercepted by Croatian and Bosnian police – whom they accuse of heavy-handedness.

Italy

Salvini bans new migrant rescue boat from entering Italian waters

Matteo Salvini has banned another rescue ship carrying forty migrants from entering Italian waters. The Alan Kurdi is run by German charity Sea-Eye and is heading towards Lampedusa.

Italy

Rome strikes deal with five EU nations over stranded migrants

An Italian coastguard ship carrying migrants rescued at sea was given permission to dock but not to disembark in Sicily last weekend. Medical staff allowed to tour the ship found that the 116 people on board had to share a single toilet.

Italy

EU seeks countries to take in migrants stranded at Italian port

Germany says it is ready to take some migrants, refused permission to disembark from an Italian coastguard vessel in Sicily.

Libya

Migrant shipwreck survivors 'sent to bombed Libyan detention centre'

Most of the survivors of the worst Mediterranean shipwreck so far this year have been transferred to a Libyan detention centre that was hit by a deadly airstrike this month, according to the UN refugee agency.

France

14 EU countries agree to Franco-German migrant influx mechanism

Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said Italy would not continue to be "Europe's refugee camp" after 14 EU members agreed to a new Franco-German migrant influx mechanism on Monday.

World News

SOS Mediterranee and MSF restart migrant rescue mission

After the Aquarius, which sailed from 2016 to 2018, SOS Mediterranee is going back at sea with the Ocean Viking.

Hungary

Pregnant migrant in Hungary 'given 17-guard escort to check-up'

A pregnant migrant in Hungary was escorted to a regular check-up by 17 guards, claims a UN report that criticised the "prison-like" migrant transit zones on the country's border with Serbia.

USA

Fear of deportation raids spreads to U.S. citizens

"I've been carrying a passport since the day [Trump] was elected," said the American spokesman for a Latino organization.

USA

'No shower, no shower!': Migrants shout at U.S. border camp

The vice president saw detainees packed into their holding areas surrounded by chain-link fence.

Italy

Trafficking kingpin or mistaken identity? Verdict expected in Rome

An Eritrean national was arrested and extradited from Sudan in 2016 by Italian authorities after he was suspected of being a notorious kingpin in the human trafficking world. Watch the full explanation of this complicated story by clicking on the player.

Tunisia

Death toll from migrant ship capsize rises to 58, says NGO

The Tunisian Red Crescent said on Thursday that 58 bodies have so far been recovered after a ship carrying more than 80 migrants capsized off the coast of Tunisia last week.

World

Raw Politics in full: von der Leyen meets MEPs

-Von der Leyen tries to win over MEPs -Greece's new prime minister meets cabinet -Italy approves closure of migrant centre All this and more on Tuesday's episode of Raw Politics.