Atleast10migrantsdiedaftertheirEurope-boundboatssankoffLibya'scoastandsome100peoplearemissing,coastguardofficialsandaidgroupssaidSaturday.Eightbodieswerefoundon
Undreds of Senegalese migrants have been flown home in the past week, saying their dreams of a new life in Europe were dashed after they crossed the Sahara desert only to endure the 'hell' of imprisonment in Libya.
UndredsofSenegalesemigrantshavebeenflownhomeinthepastweek,sayingtheirdreamsofanewlifeinEuropeweredashedaftertheycrossedtheSaharadesertonlytoendurethe'hell'ofimp
SevenAfricanmigrantsdied,apparentlyfromsuffocation,afterbeinglockedfortwodaysinarefrigeratedtruckthatwasabandonedbypeoplesmugglersontheLibyancoast,officialssaid
TheUnitedNationsMigrationAgency(InternationalOrganizationforMigration,IOM)saidFridaythat1,530migrantsandrefugeesdiedcrossingtheMediterraneanin2017.TheIOMreports
At least 34 migrants, some of them young children, have drowned after falling into the sea off the Libyan coast, Italy's coastguard says.
An Italian prosecutor said on Wednesday he is investigating some members of humanitarian organizations rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean Sea on suspicion they may have cooperated with people smugglers.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel starts a two-day trip to Egypt and Tunisia on Thursday, part of her push to limit migrant flows to Europe through North Africa, especially chaos-torn Libya.
The bodies of 27 migrants have been recovered in Western Libya, 13 of whom died of suffocation in a shipping container, the Red Crescent said on Thursday.
The bodies of 74 migrants who drowned in the Mediterranean trying to reach Europe have washed up on a beach west of the Libyan capital, the Red Crescent said Tuesday.
A cold snap gripping Europe has killed 10 more people in Poland, stranded thousands in snow-covered Turkey and brought fresh misery for both migrants and the homeless.
The total number of migrants reaching Europe by sea in 2016 fell by nearly two-thirds in comparison with 2015, Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency said Friday.
Germany's arch conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) party, a junior partner in Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition, wants to close off the Mediterranean Sea route for migrants by sending them back to Africa rather than allowing them to stay in Europe.
As the year's end approaches, the latest data on Europe's refugee crisis showed the overall inflow of people fleeing war and poverty has sensibly dropped, compared to 2015.
More than half of Germans see refugees and integration as Germany's biggest problem, a survey showed on Friday, despite the number of newcomers falling significantly on the year.
A group of migrants who had marched for two days from the Serbian capital Belgrade were stopped on Sunday at the border with Croatia, a European Union member which said would not allow illegal crossings.
Almost 3,000 migrants and refugees rescued in the Mediterranean Sea reached various ports in southern Italy on Monday,the authorities said.
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