The Libyan naval authorities have confirmed the rescue of 100 illegal immigrants off the coasts of Zuwara and Zawiya on Saturday. Libya Observer reports that Libyan Coast Guard and the…
(CDeNews) - The UNHCR team and IOM team in Porto Empedocle confirmed that they have verified the accurate testimonies about a shipwreck that took place on Saturday 20 February in…
The Italian Coast Guard said it had rescued 45 migrants after their ship capsized 15 miles south of the Italian island of Lampedusa. “At the moment, a total of 45…
Updated 1240 - Covid-19 Update Health authorities reported 199 new COVID cases over the past 24 hours and just 106 recoveries, out of 3,100 swab tests. Two further patients died,…
Malta has joined an initiative taken by Canada, supported by another 57 nations against the use of arbitrary detention of foreign nationals in state-to-state relations. The Maltese Foreign Ministry said…
A rescue ship that picked up 146 migrants in Malta’s search and rescue zone over the weekend has had a request to disembark them in Malta refused, according to NGO…
One migrant is dead and 22 others are missing after their boat sank in the Mediterranean sea off the Italian island of Lampedusa, the Tunisian navy has said. Bad weather…
The United Kingdom has granted settled status to 4.3 million European Union citizens, more than the population of some of the bloc's member states, indicating that Brexit has not led…
GRAN CANARIA, Spain (Reuters) - Spain is launching a new migration policy in the Canary Islands, opening camps for undocumented migrants in a sign that it expects a significant influx…
At least 43 West African migrants trying to reach Europe drowned off the coast of Libya on Tuesday, after their boat capsized in rough seas, in the first shipwreck of…
German police arrested 19 people believed to be Syrian, Lebanese and Libyan on suspicion of smuggling migrants into Germany, mostly from Syria. Prosecutors in the southern state of Bavaria said…
Greek coastguard officials recovered the body of one man and rescued 27 people from a rocky beach on the island of Lesbos after they apparently arrived by boat from Turkey, authorities said on Tuesday. "We have rescued 11 men, 15…
Hundreds of Honduran migrants huddled overnight on a highway in eastern Guatemala after domestic security forces used sticks and tear gas to halt the passage of a U.S.-bound caravan just…
Members of the Maritime Rescue Services assist migrants as they arrive to Motril port in Granada, Spain, early 18 January 2021. A total of 18 migrants on board three toy…
Several Guatemalan soldiers clash with Honduran migrants at a police control in the city of Chiquimula, Guatemala. Some 9,000 Honduran migrants are crossing western Guatemala on their journey to USA.…
Hundreds of migrants are taking shelter in abandoned buildings in and around the northwestern Bosnian town of Bihac, wrapping up as best they can against the snow and freezing weather…
BIHAC, Bosnia, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Hundreds of migrants are taking shelter in abandoned buildings in and around the northwestern Bosnian town of Bihac, wrapping up as best they can…
Portugal started a round of talks with ministers from various European Union (EU) nations on the new pact to tackle the bloc's long-standing migration issues, its government. As part of…
Trying to resolve a humanitarian disaster, the Bosnian military set up tents Friday for hundreds of migrants who have been stuck in a burned-out refugee camp that has no facilities…
BEIRUT, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Syrian refugees fled their makeshift camp in north Lebanon after their tents were torched when fighting broke out between local youths and camp…
Hundreds of migrants were stranded Saturday in a squalid, burnt-out tent camp in Bosnia as heavy snow fell in the country and winter temperatures suddenly dropped. Migrants at the Lipa…
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a highly negative impact on the living and working conditions of refugees and migrants reveals a new WHO study, launched on International Migrants Day.More than…
The number of deaths recorded on migratory routes fell this year, although COVID-19 difficulties and so-called “invisible shipwrecks” mean the real number is probably much higher, officials at the U.N.…
According to MEPs, the 2013 Dublin III Regulation puts a “disproportionate responsibility on a minority of member states, in particular when high numbers of arrivals occur”. The plenary resolution assesses the law…
TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - When Abdullah boarded an inflatable boat crammed with fellow migrants in February he thought he would finally reach Europe after braving the dangers of a Sahara…
MADRID Dec 12 (Reuters) - Twenty one migrants have been found hidden in a sweat shop in Spain where they were forced to work long hours in unhygienic conditions for…
A total of 32 people were arrested in the southern cities of Potenza and Messina in probes into two separate scams to give migrants fraudulent stay permits in Italy. Potenza…
A dangerous cartel of the international smugglers of migrants connected with criminal groups in Turkey and Greece was dismantled by the Italian police in an investigation that was led by…
Britain and France signed a new agreement to try to stop illegal migration across the Channel on Saturday, upping patrols and technology in the hope of closing off a dangerous…
Spain will increase its police presence in Senegal to tackle criminal networks behind an upsurge in illegal migration from the West African coast to its territory, Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez…
On Thursday, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, gave a keynote speech at the Interparliamentary Conference on Migration and Asylum, hosted by the President of the European…
Greece, on the front line of migration into Europe, promised to build new reception centres for asylum seekers and cut the maximum stay in camps on its now-overcrowded islands. The…
Demonstrators on the Canary Islands demanded better living conditions for thousands of migrants who have reached the Spanish archipelago from Africa. On Saturday, a slow procession of hundreds of demonstrators,…
6 months old Yusuf (Joseph) Ali Kanneh, exhibited in the mortuary of the cemetery of the island of Lampedusa, Italy, 13 November 2020. The child died in the shipwreck off…
The body of Joseph, a six-month old baby originally from Guinea who was among six people to drown in a migrant-boat wreck in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, has been taken…
At least 5 people have died in a migrant shipwreck in the central Mediterranean, Spanish charity Open Arms said on Wednesday, warning that the number of fatalities could grow as…
The humanitarian NGO Alarm Phone is reporting that 110 migrants are at risk of drowning in the Maltese search and rescue zone. On Twitter Alarm Phone said that it is…
A group of migrants arrive to Arguineguin, Gran Canarias, Spain, on Saturday. A total of 361 migrants were rescued after eight boats were intercepted in the early hours at sea…
Tunisia will accept all Tunisian migrants deported from France following the fatal stabbings at a church in Nice as long as all judicial appeals have been exhausted, its interior minister…
South Korea has accepted just 164 asylum seekers this year from nearly 6,000 who applied despite coronavirus travel curbs, government data showed. Immigration is a contentious issue in South Korea,…
In an emotional essay for TIME, music superstar Shakira criticised America for its lack of compassion towards the immigrant children who were separated from their parents after being detained at the southern United States…
At least 140 Europe-bound migrants drowned off the coast of Senegal when their boat caught fire and capsized, marking the deadliest shipwreck recorded this year, the U.N. migration agency revealed.…
At least four people died after a boat carrying about 20 migrants capsized off the coast of Loon-Plage near Dunkirk, northern France, French media reported on Tuesday. "This is the…
British special forces stormed a Greek-operated oil tanker in the English channel on Sunday to wrestle control of the vessel from seven stowaways who had threatened the crew in a…
Lawyers and non-profit organizations seeking to reunite immigrant families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border by the Trump administration have not been able to locate the parents of 545 children so…
Children and adults are taken care of by Red Cross members after they reached the coast on board a boat on Hondura Beach, in Fuerteventura island, Canary Islands, Spain, late…
Libya’s internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) has detained Abdalrahman al-Milad, a coastguard commander sanctioned by the United Nations for alleged human trafficking and migrant smuggling, its interior ministry…
At least 11 migrants from Africa died when their boat sank off Tunisia on Sunday, as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to the Italian island of Lampedusa, a Tunisian…
Spain's Canary Islands saw the largest number of migrant arrivals since 2006 in the past 48 hours, the Red Cross said on Saturday. Between Thursday and Saturday, 1,015 people landed in 485…
Coronavirus border closures and restrictions have stranded nearly 3 million migrants around the world who want to return home but cannot, the U.N. migration agency said on Friday, adding some…
EU governments began talks on Thursday on a proposed overhaul of migration rules to resolve years of bitter divisions as Germany, chairing the discussions, expressed optimism a deal might be…
Due to the constraints and precautions imposed by the coronavirus pandemic, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece, and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, held a videoconference on…
The Times gives a stinging assessment of former Joseph Muscat's political career in its editorial. It says Muscat’s success in strengthening social rights will be overshadowed by another singular achievement:…
Italy has softened rules penalising aid groups that bring illegal migrants ashore and extended protection for refugees who risk persecution at home, drawing the fire of former Interior Minister Matteo…
Guatemalan authorities sent more than 3,000 Honduran migrants back to their home country over the past few days, they said, dissolving much of a caravan heading north even while dwindling…
The British government will routinely deny asylum to migrants who board boats to cross the English Channel or come to Britain through illegal routes, the Sunday Times reported. Under new…
Italy's far-right leader Matteo Salvini went to court on Saturday to try to persuade a judge not to charge him with illegally detaining migrants at sea - a crime that…
Guatemala invoked special measures for security forces on Thursday, after thousands of Central American migrants crossed the border without authorization as part of a caravan aiming to reach the United…