Migrants

Fifty-three migrants including two babies, dead or missing after Libya boat capsizes

The rubber boat carrying 55 people capsized off the coast of Libya.

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FILE PHOTO: German NGO Sea-Watch carries out a rescue operation for migrants aboard an overcrowded boat in the Mediterranean off Libya, August 11, 2025.
Greek emergency personnel wait to transfer bodies of dead migrants, following migrant’s boat collision with coast guard off the island of Chios, in the port of Chios, Greece, February 3, 2026.

Fourteen migrants die off Greece after boat collides with coast guard

A coastguard official said they spotted a dingy transporting migrants towards Chios, which lies a few miles off the coast of Turkey, and ordered them to turn back.

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Migrants onboard a rubber boat wave and gesture as they wait to be rescued by crew members of the "Ocean Viking" rescue ship in the search-and-rescue zone off the international waters of Libya, on January 16, 2026.

Hundreds feared missing or dead trying to cross Mediterranean Sea, says UN migration agency

"The final toll may be significantly higher, a stark reminder that this route remains the deadliest migration corridor in the world," the UN migration agency stated.

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Migrants try to board smugglers' boats in an attempt to cross the English Channel off the beach of Gravelines, northern France on September 27, 2025; illustrative.

Migrants share tutorials for human smuggling on social media - report

Video tutorials on social media show migrants using risky methods to enter the UK, sparking safety concerns and highlighting the dangers of truck smuggling.

|ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER

At least four die after migrant boat sinks off Greek island of Lesbos

At least four migrants died when their boat sank off Lesbos island. Seven others were rescued from the sea.

OCTOBER 27, 2025ByREUTERS
An Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) worker gives a blanket to a migrant woman, after a group migrants have been found safe ashore in the south of the island, while four bodies were recovered at sea during a SAR operation, a coastguard official said, on the island of Lesbos, Greece, October 7, 2025.

Hollowing out: Israeli emigration proves social, political cracks are widening - editorial

The emigration surge is a symptom and a warning of social fracture, demographic vulnerability, and spiritual drift.

OCTOBER 26, 2025ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Travelers are seen at the departure hall of the Ben-Gurion Airport on April 4, 2023; illustrative

Australia defends plan to send deportees to tiny Pacific nation of Nauru

Australia defended its $2.5b deal to deport non-citizens to Nauru, despite rights groups warning of poor healthcare and past neglect on the island.

OCTOBER 19, 2025ByREUTERS
Chinese migrants protest against Australia's policy shift on the investment visa scheme, as they march outside the Australian Broadcasting Corporation office in Sydney, Australia June 16, 2023.

UK use of AI age estimation tech on migrants fuels rights fears

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under pressure to control migration as populist Nigel Farage's anti-immigrant Reform UK party surges ahead in opinion polls.

OCTOBER 17, 2025ByREUTERS
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Trump administration urges other nations to join its push to restrict asylum rights

Top Trump officials call for global overhaul of asylum protections, aiming to reshape the post-WWII migration system and address asylum abuse.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2025ByREUTERS
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks after signing an executive order on a deal that would divest TikTok's U.S. operations from ByteDance from its Chinese owner ByteDance, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 25, 2025.

Israel detains four foreign nationals who illegally crossed into Israel from Jordan

The unarmed individuals may have been migrant workers.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Israeli soldiers walk, at the Allenby Bridge Crossing between the West Bank and Jordan, September 8, 2024.

IOM says at least 50 dead after vessel carrying Sudanese refugees caught fire off Libya

The IOM said it had provided medical support to 24 survivors.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2025ByREUTERS
Medics carry a migrant woman for transport by helicopter aboard the search and rescue ship Sea-Watch 5, operated by German NGO Sea-Watch, to a hospital in Sicily, following a rescue operation in the central Mediterranean, August 11, 2025.

Britain could cut visas from countries that don't accept migrant returns

After talks with allies, including the United States, on how to assert more control over borders, Britain's new interior minister, Shabana Mahmood, agreed to the principles at a meeting in London.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2025ByREUTERS
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a speech, following his first cabinet meeting as Prime Minister, in London, Britain, July 6, 2024.

Five killed after migrant boat hits coast guard vessel off northwest Turkey

In a statement, the governor's office said a high-speed boat carrying 34 migrants and one migrant trafficker hit the coast guard vessel off Ayvalik district's Badavut coast.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2025ByREUTERS
Migrants from sub-saharan African countries on a dinghy react as they are towed by a rescue boat during their effort to cross part of the Aegean Sea from Turkey to the island of Lesbos, Greece, February 29, 2020.

Libyan Coast Guard shoots at European ship rescuing migrants

Libya's coast guard fired on a European rescue vessel in the Mediterranean, endangering lives and violating international law during a search and rescue operation.

AUGUST 28, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF
Members of the Libyan Coast Guard operate near the migrant search and rescue ship Sea-Watch 5 (not pictured), operated by the German NGO Sea-Watch, in the search and rescue (SAR) zone in the central Mediterranean Sea, off Libya, August 8, 2025.