An Italian judge has said that German Sea-Watch 3 captain Carola Rackete is free to go, three days after her arrest for docking with 40 migrants aboard her rescue ship in defiance of an Italian ban.
Half-naked women stormed the stage during a speech by the Mayor of Hamburg on Tuesday night to protest over the treatment of illegal migrants in the city.
An accident off the coast of Italy this weekend in which hundreds of African refugees died has prompted President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz to call on Germany to take in more people in need.