migrants

Boat packed with migrants sinks off Libya; up to 200 feared dead

A boat packed with mainly African migrants bound for Italy sank off the Libyan coast on Thursday and...

Aug 28, 2015 04:47 AM EDT

Merkel, heckled on visit to refugees, says no to xenophobia

Dozens of protesters shouted at Chancellor Angela Merkel and waved placards with the slogan "traitor...

Aug 26, 2015 09:14 PM EDT

Refugees tear through police lines at Macedonian border

Thousands of migrants stormed across Macedonia's border on Saturday, overwhelming security forces wh...

Aug 22, 2015 06:09 PM EDT

Ferry packed with Syrian refugees heads for Greek mainland

A passenger ship carrying hundreds of Syrian refugees was heading to the Greek mainland from islands...

Aug 19, 2015 09:08 PM EDT

Derelict Kos hotel a haven for migrants trapped in Greece

Mohammed Ibrahim fled fighting in Afghanistan for a better life in Germany but found himself trapped...

Aug 17, 2015 09:44 AM EDT

Hammond: African migrant surge imperils EU social infrastructure

A surge in migrants from Africa threatens the European Union's living standards and social infrastru...

Aug 09, 2015 09:00 PM EDT

Italy arrests North African traffickers over migrant ship deaths

Italy arrested five North African men on Friday on suspicion of multiple homicide and human traffick...

Aug 08, 2015 07:39 AM EDT

More than 200 feared dead in sinking of migrant boat

Hopes faded of finding more survivors on Thursday from a shipwreck in which 200 migrants are feared ...

Aug 06, 2015 10:01 PM EDT

Turkey warns next wave of Syrian refugees may end up in Europe

Turkey would struggle to cope with a new influx of refugees from Syria's civil war, and many of them...

Jul 10, 2015 10:04 AM EDT

Migrants race through Italy to dodge EU asylum rules

Last month, Dejen Asefaw was rescued with hundreds of other migrants in the Mediterranean Sea and br...

Jun 10, 2015 07:14 AM EDT

International flotilla rescues 5,900 from Mediterranean in a weekend

An international rescue fleet plucked almost 5,900 migrants from rickety boats making the perilous s...

Jun 07, 2015 06:06 PM EDT

International effort rescues over 5,000 Mediterranean migrants

The corpses of 17 migrants were brought ashore in Sicily aboard an Italian naval vessel on Sunday al...

May 31, 2015 06:42 PM EDT

Malaysian police reveal grim secrets of jungle trafficking camps

Malaysian police forensic teams, digging with hoes and shovels, on Tuesday began pulling out bodies ...

May 26, 2015 11:10 AM EDT

Unable to halt Europe-bound migrants, Tripoli demands help

Europe cannot halt the deadly traffic of African migrants across the Mediterranean unless it ends a ...

May 24, 2015 06:12 AM EDT

Italy says over 900 migrants rescued at sea, one dead

More than 900 migrants were rescued in one day from three overcrowded boats en route to Europe from ...

May 21, 2015 09:38 AM EDT

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