The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reports that up to 600 people attempting to reach Europe by sea from Tunisia and Libya have gone missing in the first three months of 2022. This marks the highest such figure since 2014.
At least four migrants were confirmed dead and three missing after their boat capsized off the Libyan coast. With warmer weather, scores of migrants continue to try to cross the Mediterranean, departing from the shores of the troubled North African nation.
Authorities in Laayoune, Morocco have been subjecting sub-Saharan migrants to constant harassment, an Ivorian in the city has told InfoMigrants. He said scores of migrants are being arrested and detained every day and "danger is everywhere."
A young Afghan man made to stand trial in Greece after his six-year-old son drowned during a sea crossing has been acquitted. Another man charged with driving the boat was given a suspended sentence.
Eleven people have died in a shipwreck off the coast of Algeria. Five others – including two children – were rescued, having spent 14 hours at sea.
The humanitarian organization Sea-Watch rescued 211 migrants from the Mediterranean over the last days, but survivors and crew had to witness some drown as they arrived too late to help.
In recent years more and more migrants have been crossing, or have attempted to cross, the English Channel on small boats. Despite a deadly shipwreck in November that claimed the lives of 27 people, crossing attempts have continued unabated. Why are migrants risking their lives instead of staying in the EU and seeking protection there?
An Iranian man has been swept away and has drowned in a swollen river after violent storms raged across Greece. A woman is also missing, as the search for her continues on Thursday.
Last year, more than 28,000 migrants crossed the Channel from France to the UK in small boats. At least 44 people died or went missing during the attempt.
The Paris prosecutor's office has received a lawsuit accusing several regional government bodies of failure to provide help in last month's boat wreck in the English Channel that cost the lives of at least 27 people trying to reach Britain.
All 27 migrants who drowned in last month’s boat disaster in the Channel have now been identified. The incident continues to cause diplomatic tensions between France and the UK.
The French government has asked for any information that could help identify the 27 migrants who died when their boat sank in the English Channel. In addition, the two survivors of the worst migrant tragedy in the area have been granted permission to stay in France.