Poland's PM Mateusz Morawiecki slammed Belarus' efforts to use migrants as "weapons" against the bloc ahead of talks with EU leaders. He also accused Belarus of having the "back-room support" of Russian President Putin.
The injuries were mild, officials said, in the second such scuffle in three days. Poland has drastically increased its military presence at the border with Belarus as people seek to enter the EU by the thousands.
Italy saw a huge drop in the number of residence permits issued to people from outside the EU in 2020. But the number applying to become Italian citizens went up.
More and more human rights groups, NGOs and international bodies are joining calls to free three migrants who convinced the captain of a merchant ship to not return more than 100 migrants to Libya two years ago. Meanwhile, a new report Malta and the EU's treatment of migrants overall.
A Syrian family was deported to Turkey by Frontex in 2016 despite having lodged asylum claims in Greece. Now, they have taken the EU border agency to the European Court of Justice. The lawsuit could set a precedence.