The body of a child believed to have drowned in a migrant boat accident washed up on a beach of the Greek island of Lesbos on Sunday, the Athens News Agency. According to reports from the local media and coastguard sources, it is believed that the headless body in an advanced state of decomposition was […]
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British boat rescues migrants trying to cross Channel
A British boat rescued 34 migrants crossing the Channel aboard a small motorised boat on Monday, Britain’s interior ministry said. “Today Border Force responded to an incident in the Channel involving a small boat containing 34 people,” the ministry said in a statement. “The group were brought to Dover and have been transferred to immigration […]
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Death toll at 52 after migrant boats sink off Djibouti
The death toll from the sinking of two boats carrying migrants to Yemen from Djibouti rose to 52 on Thursday, the UN migration agency said, appealing to regional leaders to take action to stop such tragedies.
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Death toll at 28 after migrant boats sink off Djibouti
Photos: Migrants from Niger, Nigeria journey across the dessert to Libyan
Malta prime minister says deal reached for 49 migrants to disembark
Malta has reached a deal with other EU member states to allow 49 migrants aboard two rescue ships off the coast of the island nation to disembark, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said Wednesday.
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In new UN report, Nigerians narrate how they were raped, tortured in Libya
The United Nations has released a new report detailing the experience of Nigerian migrants subjected to slavery in Libya. Titled “Desperate and Dangerous: Report on the human rights situation of migrants
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