Dead, missing migrants in Mediterranean tripled this summer: UNThe number of migrants who died or went missing trying to cross the Mediterranean this summer was three times the number seen in the same p...
29 Sep, 2023, 05.35 PM IST
Flooding death toll soars to 11,300 in Libya's coastal city of Derna, aid group saysThe death toll in the flooding in Libya's coastal city of Derna has risen to 11,300, with an additional 10,100 people reported missing, acc...
15 Sep, 2023, 07.14 AM IST
Six die as Britain-bound migrant boat capsizes in ChannelFrench and UK rescue boats saved nearly 60 migrants and brought them to French or British shores, and search and rescue operations were ong...
12 Aug, 2023, 11.17 PM IST
41 migrants missing after new Mediterranean shipwreckForty-one migrants including three children are feared dead after being shipwrecked last week in the Mediterranean, UN agencies said, citin...
10 Aug, 2023, 12.36 PM IST
Dozens saved by Italy from migrant shipwrecks; some, clinging to rocks, plucked to safety by coptersAll 34 migrants who endured two nights on the reef were rescued, said Federico Catania, a spokesperson for the Alpine assistance group whos...
07 Aug, 2023, 06.37 AM IST
Greeks vote in 2nd general election in 5 weeks, with conservative party favored to win majorityThe vote is overshadowed by a major shipwreck just over a week ago that left hundreds of migrants dead or missing off the coast of western ...
25 Jun, 2023, 02.19 PM IST
More than 30 feared dead as dinghy bound for Spain's Canary Islands sinks: Migrant groupsHelena Maleno, head of Spain's Walking Borders migrants charity, said in a tweet that 39 people had drowned, without giving further details...
21 Jun, 2023, 08.59 PM IST
Deadliest first quarter for central Mediterranean migrants since 2017: UNThe IOM said the situation in the central Mediterranean reinforced the need for predictable state-led SAR, putting an end to the "ad hoc re...
12 Apr, 2023, 06.13 PM IST
Italy estimates 680K migrants might cross sea from LibyaThe International Organization for Migration and humanitarian groups say passengers whose vessels are turned back by the Libyan coast guard...
12 Mar, 2023, 09.45 PM IST
At least 73 migrants presumed dead after shipwreck off LibyaSo far, 11 bodies have been retrieved by the Libyan red Crescent and the local police, while the seven survivors are in hospital, the IOM s...
15 Feb, 2023, 05.37 PM IST
EU nations: Migrant departures should be stopped abroadTop officials from Spain, Greece, Italy, Malta and Cyprus — who receive most migrant arrivals from the bloc’s southern and southeastern bor...
08 Oct, 2022, 11.21 PM IST
Aid group says over 90 migrants drowned in MediterraneanMSF said the tanker did not respond to its calls not to return the migrants to Libya, where "they will almost certainly face detention, abu...
03 Apr, 2022, 05.00 PM IST
UN agency: 75 migrants drown in Mediterranean off LibyaMeanwhile, a different coast guard vessel was headed to the port of Porto Empedocle on Saturday evening in Sicily with more than 350 migran...
21 Nov, 2021, 08.41 AM IST
More than 50 migrants reported drowned off Tunisia; 33 savedMore than 50 migrants have drowned or disappeared off the coast of Tunisia, while 33 others were rescued by workers from an oil platform, t...
18 May, 2021, 07.59 PM IST
Church attack in Nice: What we know so farThe brutal killings come only two weeks after a French teacher was decapitated outside his school north of Paris by an Islamist extremist -...
30 Oct, 2020, 11.02 AM IST
Rescue boat funded by street artist Banksy evacuated after distress call, 200 migrants moved offThree people had died at sea before the arrival of the Louise Michel.
31 Aug, 2020, 11.13 AM IST
UNGA President John Ashe to raise Italian marines issue with IndiaAshe will visit India from March 19-22, during which he is expected to meet Manmohan Singh and External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid.
19 Mar, 2014, 10.26 AM IST