An alleged leader of a human trafficking ring in southern Thailand surrendered himself to the police on Monday, local media reported.
A vessel carrying approximately 200 illegal migrants sank off the coasts of Rhodes island in southeastern Aegean Sea on Monday, local authorities said.
A man, a woman and a toddler drowned on Monday and 90 other undocumented migrants and refugees were rescued as the vessel carrying them sank off the coast of Rhodes island in southeastern Aegean Sea, according to the latest official countdown by Greece's Coast Guard.
Nearly 700 migrants are suspected to have died at sea when a packed boat capsized in international waters south of Italy's Sicily on Saturday night, local reports said on Sunday.
Mexico is promoting new guidelines for handling the large number of children migrants traveling alone along its border with the United States, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said Tuesday.
As the people across the globe are commemorating World AIDS Day on December 1, the prevalence of the HIV virus is found highest among migrants and their spouses in Nepal.
Morocco's authorities arrested on Monday 58 African migrants while they were trying to enter by force the Spanish enclave of Melilla from the Moroccan territories around it, official news agency MAP reported.
The United Nations family on Wednesday called upon people and governments worldwide to reject xenophobia and embrace migration as a key enabler for equitable, inclusive and sustainable social and economic development.
Top UN officials on Thursday called on the international community to protect the rights of migrants and recognize their contributions to society.
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