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Rescue ship saves 128 migrants off Libya
The Ocean Viking rescue vessel has picked up 128 stranded migrants in three operations off the coast of Libya, the Marseille-based SOS Mediterranee ... North Africa -
Record 114 million people now displaced worldwide: UN
The number of people internally displaced within Gaza is about 1.4 million, according to the UN humanitarian agency OCHA World News -
Lebanese army rescues 125 migrants, most Syrians, off Tripoli coast
The Lebanese army rescued more than 100 migrants Friday after their boat developed technical problems in the Mediterranean off the coast of the ... Middle East -
Bus carrying migrants in Mexico crashes, killing 18
A bus crash in the south of Mexico on Friday killed 18 Venezuelan and Haitian migrants and left 27 others injured, state authorities said.Among the ... World News -
Spain rescues 262 migrants in Canary Islands as EU mulls migration
Spanish coast guards rescued 262 migrants in three boats trying to reach the Canary Islands in the early hours on Friday amid a surge in crossings, ... World News -
Tunisia rejects EU financial aid, casting doubt on an immigration deal
Tunisian President Kais Saied on Monday rejected financial support announced by the European Union in September, saying the amount is small and goes ... North Africa -
10 migrants died, 25 injured in Mexico truck accident: Officials
At least 10 Cuban migrants were killed and 25 injured on Sunday when a cargo truck carrying them overturned on in southern Mexico, the latest fatal ... World News -
Tunisia arrests ‘pirates’ after migrants get robbed at sea
Tunisian police arrested four men, including a fisherman, on suspicion of maritime piracy after the robbery of a boat taking Tunisian migrants to ... North Africa -
Over 150 migrants rescued from sailboats near western Greece, the Aegean Sea
About 150 migrants were rescued from overloaded sailboats provided by smugglers in two separate incidents Wednesday far off a western Greek island and ... World News -
Latest UK ‘small boats’ arrivals include children, pregnant woman
Scores of migrants, many of them children and a pregnant woman, arrived in small boats on England’s south coast on Wednesday, undeterred by the ... World News -
Boat capsizes off Tunisia’s Sfax coast killing five migrants
Five migrants died and seven others were missing while 23 were rescued after a boat capsized off Tunisia’s Sfax, state news agency (TAP) reported on ... North Africa -
UK’s Sunak blames ‘criminal gangs’ for Channel migrant deaths
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak blames the “criminal gangs” facilitating small boat Channel crossings for the “horrific” weekend deaths of at least six ... World News -
Morocco’s navy rescues 60 migrants in Atlantic
Morocco’s navy rescued more than 60 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa when their boat got into difficulties in the Atlantic off Tarfaya, the official ... North Africa -
Lebanon’s army detains smugglers planning to send migrants to Europe
Lebanese troops detained dozens of Lebanese and Syrian traffickers in the country’s north as they were preparing to send migrants on boats to Europe ... Middle East -
At least four migrants dead, 51 missing after ship sinks off Tunisia’s coast
At least four migrants died and 51 were missing after a migrant ship sank off Tunisia’s Kerkennah island, a judicial official told Reuters on Sunday, ... North Africa -
At least two migrants dead, 30 missing in shipwrecks off Italy’s coast
Two people died and around 30 more are missing at sea after two migrant shipwrecks off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, the coastguard said ... World News -
UN’s Guterres urges Tunisia to stop migrant expulsions into desert border areas
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Tuesday for Tunisia to stop expelling migrants into desert border areas, and demanded those already ... North Africa -
UK unlawfully houses unaccompanied migrant children in hotels
A High Court judge on Thursday ruled the UK government’s long-term use of hotels to house lone child asylum-seekers has been unlawful over the last 18 ... World News -
Bodies of 901 drowned migrants recovered off Tunisian coast between January and July
The Tunisian coast guard recovered 901 bodies of drowned migrants off its coast from January 1 to July 20 this year, the country’s interior minister, ... North Africa -
Greek boats evacuate over 2,000 people threatened by Rhodes fire
More than 2,000 people were ferried to safety from beaches on the Greek island of Rhodes on Saturday, where a wildfire has been raging out of control ... World News -
One dead, hundreds of migrants rescued off Morocco: Report
Morocco’s navy has rescued more than 800 would-be migrants and recovered one body since early last week, state media reported Tuesday, as attempts to ... North Africa -
Libyan border guards rescue dozens of migrants left stranded in Tunisian desert
Libyan border guards have rescued dozens of migrants they say had been left in the desert by Tunisian authorities without water, food or shelter, AFP ... Middle East -
Boat carrying African migrants sinks off Tunisia’s Sfax, 13 bodies recovered
The Tunisian coastguard said on Thursday it recovered the bodies of 13 sub-Saharan African migrants and rescued 25 after their boat sank en route for ... North Africa -
Romanian smuggler behind death of 39 Vietnamese migrants jailed in UK
A Romanian man who was part of a people-smuggling gang responsible for the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants in the UK was jailed for nearly 13 years ... World News -
At least 300 migrants disappeared near Spain’s Canary Islands: Aid group
At least 300 people who were traveling on three migrant boats from Senegal to Spain’s Canary Islands have disappeared, migrant aid group Walking ... World News -
Human Rights Watch calls on Tunisia to halt collective expulsions of African migrants
Tunisia should halt collective expulsions of sub-Saharan African migrants and urgently enable access to humanitarian services for those the government ... North Africa -
UK court rules plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda is unlawful
The UK government’s plan to deport migrants to Rwanda is unlawful, London’s court of appeal ruled on Thursday, in a major setback for Prime Minister ... World News -
Greece vows to continue ‘strict but fair’ migration policy
Greece’s new migration minister promised Tuesday to continue a “strict but fair” policy toward migration and attempts at illegal entry into the ... World News -
At least 40 missing in Italy migrant boat shipwreck
Around 40 people are missing after a migrant boat capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa, the UN said on Friday.The shipwreck took place on ... World News -
Ombudsman will investigate if Spain delayed migrant rescue
Spain’s ombudsman is to investigate the sinking of a dinghy headed to the Canary Islands from Morocco on Wednesday after more than 30 migrants were ... World News