Italy: Police arrest truck owner over Vietnamese migrant deaths
The migrants were found dead in a refrigerated truck in the United Kingdom in 2019.
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Woman and toddler die in fire at German asylum shelter
A 31-year-old woman and a two-year-old child have died after a fire broke out at a shelter for asylum seekers in central Germany on Sunday evening.
Ceuta volunteer insulted on social media for hugging migrant
A photo of Luna Reyes, a Red Cross volunteer in Ceuta has unleashed a campaign of hate on social media against the young woman. In the picture, she is seen hugging a Senegalese migrant in tears right after he had crossed the border from Morocco.
At least 17 migrants dead off Tunisian coast
The IOM has confirmed that at least 17 migrants are believed to have drowned in the Mediterranean on Wednesday evening. Their ship, which is thought to have departed from Libya, got into difficulty off the Tunisian coast. Two women were rescued.
Steady increase in migrant deaths at sea, warn UNHCR and IOM
The UN agencies UNHCR and IOM have spoken out against a steady increase in the number of migrants dying at sea after a boat was found near the Tenerife island with the corpses of 24 migrants onboard.
Torn apart: IOM report criticizes lack of support in missing migrant cases
The International Organization of Migration (IOM) has released a report examining the anguish and turmoil that migrants and refugees experience not knowing what happened to their relatives and friends. Above all, it focused on legal hurdles, especially faced by migrants in the UK, that might make an already painful situation worse.
Italy: Homeless refugee dies in Bari, UNHCR 'dismayed'
The UN refugee agency UNHCR on Tuesday attended the funeral in Bari of a homeless 46-year-old Eritrean refugee who died in dramatic circumstances a few days ago. The UN agency launched an appeal not to "leave behind" refugees in Italy.
Foreign-born people have twice the excess mortality than French nationals
A report by the French National Institute of Statistics (Insee) highlights a dramatic increase in mortality in 2020 among people born abroad compared to those born in France, particularly during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Africans and Asians are most affected.
130 migrants feared dead off Libyan coast
Up to 130 migrants are feared dead after a shipwreck off the Libyan coast. While some have accused Libya of ignoring the plight of migrants at sea, the government said it tried its best to locate the missing boat.
Portugal abolishes scandal-ridden border service
The Portuguese government has said it will do away with its controversial Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF). But neither its own staff union nor migrant advocacy groups are happy about the new solution of putting other police forces in charge.
Libya: Migrant shot dead in detention center, MSF
One person was killed and two others were injured in a shooting at a detention center in Tripoli last Thursday, Doctors Without Borders says. The medical charity has called for the immediate release of migrants from Libya’s detention centers.
Swimming to Melilla: 'Migrants think it's faster but, above all, it's very dangerous'
Moroccan and sub-Saharan African migrants regularly attempt to swim to the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla from neighboring Moroccan ports. But a crossing even a hundred meters from the shore is risky. Four people drowned in March 2021.