A ship chartered by the German NGO, Jugend Rettet, was blocked overnight off the southern island of Lampedusa by the coastguard as part of a ‘routine check’.
The organisation was among those which refused to sign a ‘code of conduct’ on migrant search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean imposed by the Italian government. Source TheLocal.it
Dragan Lukac, Interior Minister of the Serbian-majority part of Bosnia and Herzegovina (also known as Republika Srpska) said that he would not allow for migrant reception centers to be set up in his territory after growing calls to redistribute migrants within Bosnia. Source Info Migrants
Poland’s parliament on Friday adopted measures to compensate its industry struggling to cope with surging electricity bills triggered by higher EU carbon emission costs. Source France24
Taiwan’s government has said it will provide assistance to Hong Kong protesters seeking sanctuary, after local media reported dozens of activists involved in an unprecedented storming of the city’s parliament had fled to the island. Source: The Guardian
