Djibouti: 39 dead after smuggler's boat capsizes
At least 39 people have died after their boat capsized off the coast of Djibouti in East Africa. The UN migration agency IOM said 16 of the victims were children.
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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.
Horn of Africa: At least 20 migrants dead after smugglers push them overboard
At least 20 migrants died on Wednesday after smugglers threw them overboard during a voyage from Djibouti to Yemen, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). It's the third such incident in the Gulf of Aden in six months.
Second body found after boat sank off Lesbos
The body of a second migrant has been located in waters off the Greek island of Lesbos after a boat carrying more than 30 people sank. On Wednesday a young woman's body was recovered by the Greek coast guard.
Dead body found after migrant boat accident off Rhodes
At least one man has drowned after a migrant dinghy sank off the Greek island of Rhodes. Coast guard authorities said the boat had set off from the Turkish coast.
Same day, different fates: 88 rescued, at least 13 drowned in central Mediterranean on Tuesday
For migrants crossing the Mediterranean from Libya towards Europe on Tuesday, November 10, it was literally a matter of life and death. News agencies reported that 13 people drowned off the Libyan coast, and on a different boat 88 people were rescued and transferred to the humanitarian rescue ship Open Arms.
Several migrants drown off Libyan coast — again
The IOM reported that at least 11 migrants, including a pregnant woman, have drowned on Sunday when their boat capsized off the coast of Libya trying to reach Europe. The incident was the third of its kind in the Mediterranean in a week.
'He slipped away ... under the waves, screaming, until he disappeared': Kandia's Mediterranean crossing
Kandia, a Guinean who arrived in France a month ago, narrowly escaped death in the Mediterranean Sea. In July, he boarded an inflatable boat with 84 other migrants, convinced, as the smugglers had promised, that they would be rescued after a few hours. Their ordeal lasted five days in the end.
More than 20,000 migrants died in Mediterranean since 2013
According to the United Nations, more than 20,000 migrants and refugees have drowned in the past seven years trying to cross the Mediterranean. Meanwhile the number of migrants arriving in Italy via the Mediterranean has risen dramatically from last year.
Body of boy who tried to reach Britain found on French beach
The body of a boy who tried to cross the English Channel by boat has been found on the French coast near Calais. Activists say that there are not enough "safe and legal routes to the UK".
Third body floating in Mediterranean 'cemetery'
A third lifeless body has been sighted floating in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coast. Civil society groups have had no response to calls for action to recover and bury the bodies.
Journeys that end in tragedy: Tunisians catalog bodies of drowned migrants
Forensic scientists in Tunisia have emphasized the importance of identifying and cataloging the bodies of those who drown in the Mediterranean, in case any of their relatives come looking for them in the future. Yet dozens of migrants who drowned off Tunisia last month will likely remain unidentified.