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MIGRANT DEATHS IN MEDITERRANEAN
India’s lake of mystery: 1200-year-old lake in Uttarakhand has hundreds of skeletons. Scientists are still figuring out the reasonRoopkund Lake, nestled in the Himalayas, holds a chilling secret: hundreds of ancient skeletons. Once thought to be victims of a single epi...- As Europe readies tougher migration measures, a Greek island sees illegal crossings spikeCrete is now a major entry point for migrants. The journey from Libya is long and dangerous. European Union border agency Frontex is increa...
- Boat capsizes in the Mediterranean Sea, leaving two babies dead; Several missing or presumed dead as survivors reveal sequence of events; What do we know so farA migrant boat carrying 55 individuals, including two babies, capsized north of Zuwara, Libya, resulting in at least 53 dead or missing. Tw...
- Four dead after wooden boat believed to be ferrying migrants into the US capsizes off San DiegoA migrant boat capsized near San Diego in stormy seas. At least four people died and four were hospitalized. The vessel, a panga, was found...
- Italy to issue half million non-EU work visas over next three yearsItaly plans to issue nearly 500,000 new work visas for non-EU nationals between 2026 and 2028, addressing labor shortages and expanding leg...
- Over 72,000 migrants dead, disappeared globally since 2014: UNMore than 72,000 deaths and disappearances have been documented along migration routes around the world in the past decade, most of them in...
- Record number of people died on migration routes in 2024: UNLast year saw a record number of migrant deaths, with nearly 9,000 individuals dying globally, according to the UN. The International Organ...
- More than 40 Pakistanis feared drowned in the capsizing of a migrant boat off African coastMore than 40 Pakistanis are feared drowned after their boat capsized off West Africa's Atlantic coast, a primary migrant route to Europe. P...
- UN agency reports over 8,500 migrants died worldwide last year, a record since tallies began in 2014A record-high number of 8,565 migrants died worldwide in 2023, with the Mediterranean Sea crossing experiencing the largest increase. Most ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Italy migrant ship sinks off Calabria coast, several dozens feared to be dead; Details here62 migrants, including 12 children and an infant, have been confirmed dead after their boat broke apart while attempting to land near Croto...
- More than 29,000 migrants to Europe died since 2014: reportPushbacks are unlawful according to both international and EU law as they violate the right to seek asylum and a principle prohibiting the ...
- 1,600 migrants lost at sea in Mediterranean this yearThe death toll is higher than last year, but by no means unique. The International Organization of Migration estimates that 23,000 people h...
- More than 2,000 boat migrants rescued off Italy, more deaths fearedAround 14,000 people were taken off often flimsy vessels over the whole week, the UN and the coastguard said, and hundreds may have drowned.
- Over 1 million refugees in Europe in 2015: UNOne million migrants reached Europe by land and sea in 2015 fleeing conflicts and persecution, the UN refugee agency said today.
- Finally, one death makes world weep for migrants; Recep Erdogan blames Europe"The Mediterranean is turning into a graveyard of migrants," Erdogan told the select top global business leaders at the B20 meeting Thursda...
- Death of migrants in Mediterranean a truly titanic tragedy:Ban Ki Moon"The (deaths) are the result of a continuing failure of governance accompanied by a monumental failure of compassion," he said in a stateme...
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