Tag: migrants
Number of Tunisian migrants landing in Italy rose fivefold in 2020
The number of Tunisian migrants landing on Italian shores soared fivefold to 13 000 in 2020, a rights group said on Tuesday, citing economic...
Migrants in Libya face danger on shore and peril at sea
When Abdullah boarded an inflatable boat crammed with fellow migrants in February he thought he would finally reach Europe after braving a Sahara crossing...
Twenty migrants drown in Libya shipwreck, fourth accident this week
Twenty African migrants are believed to have drowned off the coast of Libya when their boat sank as they tried to cross the Mediterranean...
At least 74 migrants dead in shipwreck off Libya coast, IOM...
At least 74 migrants died in a shipwreck off the coast of Libya on Thursday, the United Nations’ migration agency said, with 47 survivors...
At least 140 Europe-bound migrants drown off Senegal coast: UN
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...
Senegal shipwreck claims 140 lives
In the deadliest shipwreck recorded to date this year, at least 140 people drowned after a vessel carrying about 200 migrants sank off Senegal,...
Migrants die after being thrown off boat
Twelve migrants died and others are missing after they were thrown off a boat by smugglers off Djibouti in the Horn of Africa, the...
World becoming less tolerant of migrants – Gallup poll
The world is becoming less tolerant of migrants, according to a poll released on Wednesday as Europe prepared to unveil a new asylum plan...
More migrants drown off Libya
Two dozen migrants and refugees on a rubber dinghy trying to cross from Libya to Europe are believed drowned after their boat capsized, the...
Abandoned migrants rescued in Sahara
More than 80 African migrants were rescued in the Sahara desert after they were robbed and left to die by people they paid to...