BRUSSELS: EU lawmakers have pushed for an independent probe into a migrant boat tragedy off Greece in which hundreds of people are believed to have died, calling an internal investigation by Athens inadequate. That stance, also backed by the EU’s Fundamental Rights Agency, seeks to shine
London: New tracking data has cast doubt on the Greek coastguard's version of a migrant shipwreck, where hundreds, including scores of Pakistanis, are feared to have lost their lives, BBC reported. The British broadcaster reported that an analysis of the movement of other ships in the
KALAMATA, Greece: Rescuers were scouring the seas off Greece on Thursday in a massive search operation as hopes dwindled for survivors of a shipwreck that killed at least 79 people, in one of Europe's deadliest such disasters in recent years. Hundreds of people were thought to
Athens: At least 32 migrants drowned early on Wednesday when their boat capsized and sank off Greece, the country's coast guard said. One hundred people were rescued, authorities said, but it remained unclear how many people were on board when the vessel sank. Survivors were taken
Rome: More than 1,400 migrants have been rescued from overcrowded vessels, including a sailboat, in four separate operations in the Mediterranean Sea off southern Italy, the Italian coast guard said Wednesday. There were 47 migrants, including two children in immediate need of medical care, aboard the
London: The UK government will house hundreds more asylum-seekers on barges, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Monday, as he unveiled the latest migration figures that he said showed that his plans to crack down on small boat crossings on the English Channel are working. Two more
London: UK police will work with authorities in North Africa to prevent migrants leaving for Europe this summer, The Times reported on Monday. The move, which will see officers from the National Crime Agency operate in Tunisia, Algeria and Libya, will open a new front in
Sofia: Bulgarian authorities discovered the bodies in a secret compartment below a load of lumber in the back of a truck left on a highway. The bodies of 18 Afghan migrants who died while being smuggled into Bulgaria were returned to Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, on Wednesday,
Rabat: Moroccan security forces stopped some 150 Sub-Saharan African migrants from crossing early on Friday into Spain’s Ceuta enclave, the Interior Ministry said. The operation resulted in 70 arrests of migrants while 14 members of the Moroccan security forces and six migrants were injured and transferred
San Diego: Hundreds of migrants from around the world seeking a better life in the United States have instead found themselves trapped in squalid conditions near the Mexican border, tantalizingly close to their destination, and desperate. On the eve of the expiration of Title 42, the