Tag: Migrants
Italian navy recovers 60 bodies from migrant boat wreck
The Italian navy on Monday recovered another 60 bodies from a boat that sank on the way from Libya to…
10,000 migrants to arrive in Germany on Monday, official says
A regional German official said at Munich’s main railway station on Monday that more than 10,000 migrants are expected to…
50 migrants feared missing at sea off Libya
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Friday said it had a report of 40 to 50 migrants missing at…
“My children slipped through my hands”: father of drowned Syrian boy
Bodrum (Turkey) (AFP) – The father of a three-year-old Syrian boy, whose body was washed up on a Turkish beach…
82 bodies recovered as migrant boat sinks
A Red Crescent official said on Friday that the organization has recovered 82 bodies washed ashore after a boat packed…
At least 20 migrants found dead in truck on Austria highway
Vienna (AFP) – The bodies of between 20 and 50 migrants have been found in a truck on a highway…
24 corpses of migrants found near Thai border
Malaysian police said on Sunday in Kuala Lumpur that security forces discovered 24 bodies of suspected trafficked Bangladeshi and Rohingya…
107,500 migrants crossed EU’s borders in July
Geneva (AFP) – A record 107,500 migrants crossed the European Union’s borders last month, according to new figures Tuesday, showing…
Human traffickers target migrants from war-torn countries
Migrants from war-torn African and Middle Eastern countries are at risk from human traffickers, international organisations said on Thursday, urging…
More than 4,200 migrants rescued in Mediterranean as crisis grows
ROME (Reuters) – More than 4,200 migrants trying to reach Europe have been rescued from boats in the Mediterranean in…
EU to unveil latest plan to absorb migrants fairly
Brussels (AFP) – The European Commission is due Wednesday to unveil its latest version of a controversial plan to force…
Italy rescues pregnant Nigerian, 3,600 migrants
The Italian government on Friday said 3,600 migrants, including a pregnant Nigerian woman, have been rescued from overcrowded boats sailing…
Mediterranean Sea: Over 5,000 migrants drown since 2014
Over 1,750 migrants have perished in the Mediterranean since the start of the year — more than 30 times higher…
1,300 migrants saved off Italy at Christmas
The Italian Navy rescued some 1,300 migrants in several operations late on Christmas Day, among them a Nigerian woman who…
Obama lifts deportation threat, saves 5 million migrants
United States President Barack Obama will announce Thursday he is offering work permits for up to five million undocumented migrants,…