Domoni: In Anjouan, part of the Comoros archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean, the distant French island of Mayotte casts a dangerous charm. Boasting schools, hospitals, roads and a social safety net, Mayotte is an eldorado that every year thousands of impoverished Comorans risk their lives
Santiago, Chile: A migration crisis at the border between Chile and Peru intensified as hundreds of people remained stranded, unable to cross into Peru in an effort to return to their home country of Venezuela. The mostly Venezuelan migrants are seeking to cross into Peru to
London: A total of 5,049 migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel so far this year, according to Home Office figures released on Wednesday. Some 113 migrants were spotted in three boats on Monday, suggesting an average of 38 persons per boat,
Rome: Italy’s right-wing government pressed ahead with plans to crack down on migrants as they arrived by the hundreds at a Sicilian port after a coast guard rescue. Dozens more were taken on board a charity boat from an unseaworthy vessel operated by smugglers, while
Athens: Five migrants and a Greek motorist were killed in a car crash on a highway near the border between Greece and Turkiye, police said. The car, carrying 10 migrants, was traveling at a high speed on the wrong side to avoid a police checkpoint and
Rome: Italian ministers have called a six-month state of emergency in response to a rise in migrant numbers crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa. The decision frees up €5m (£4.4m) in funds and coincides with the arrival of 3,000 migrants in three days. A number of boats
Milan: A vessel with around 400 people on board is adrift between Malta and Libya and is taking on water, support service Alarm Phone said, amid a sharp rise of migrant boats crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa. Alarm Phone said on Twitter they had received
Assamaka: A long line of people appears in silhouette, walking along the flat desert in northern Niger. The strong walkers are at the front. The weakest at the rear. Every week hundreds more migrants thrown out of Algeria end up here in Assamaka, the first village on
Rome: More than 400 migrants have been rescued from a boat off Malta after an 11-hour operation, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Wednesday after its ship responded to a distress alert. While heading to shelter in the Mediterranean due to bad weather, MSF’s rescue ship the
Geneva: U.N.-backed human rights experts said Monday there is evidence that crimes against humanity have been committed against Libyans and migrants in chaos-stricken Libya, including women being forced into sexual slavery. The investigators commissioned by the U.N.-backed Human Rights Council also faulted the European Union for