Beirut: Eighty-nine bodies have been recovered since a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon sunk off Syria’s coast, Syrian state media said Saturday, as the Lebanese army said it arrested a suspected smuggler behind one of the deadliest recent shipwrecks in the eastern Mediterranean. The Syrian Observatory
Beirut: Syrian authorities have found 34 bodies and rescued more than a dozen migrants off the coast of the northern port city of Tartus on Thursday suspected of having left north Lebanon bound towards Europe earlier this week. Samer Qubrusli, the Syrian director-general of ports, told
Rome: Five people were arrested in Rome and Brussels for smuggling migrants from Turkey to western Europe via private jet in trips costing around 10,000 euros ($10,000), Italian police said. The suspects, held on warrants issued by Belgian authorities, are accused of belonging to a criminal
Athens: Greece has blocked over 150,000 undocumented migrants on its land and maritime border so far this year, the migration minister said. “The entry of 154,102 irregular migrants was averted since the start of the year. Around 50,000 attempted to invade Greece in August alone,” Notis
London: Nearly 1,000 migrants crossed the Channel in small boats, the UK government said, as growing numbers of arrivals have exacerbated tensions between Britain and France. The defence ministry said 960 migrants were detected making the dangerous crossing in 20 boats. This came after 1,295 migrants were
Athens: The Greek government said that some 25,000 migrants had tried to enter the country through its border with Turkey in August, as it announced plans to dramatically extend a wall between the two neighbors. Athens will extend a 40-kilometer (25-mile) long wall built along the
Dubai: Afghan refugees and migrants living in limbo at a United Arab Emirates (UAE) facility for nearly a year since being evacuated from Afghanistan held protests this week over what they say is a slow and opaque resettlement process. Hundreds of Afghans carried banners and shouted
London: The number of migrants arriving in Britain in small boats hit a record for a single day on Monday, as the rise in dangerous crossings over the English Channel continues despite the government’s plans to deport those arriving illegally to Rwanda. Britain’s Ministry of Defense
Athens: Dozens of migrants are reported missing from a sunken boat after Greece’s coast guard rescued 29 in the Aegean Sea on Wednesday. The rescued migrants said their boat had set out from Antalya, Turkey, heading toward Italy with 60 to 80 people aboard, according to
London: People traffickers smuggling migrants across the English Channel are offering a “summer sale” to people wanting to reach the UK, promising safe passage and that “the French won’t stop you.” The Daily Mail reported on Tuesday that traffickers are advertising trips across the Channel for