Bodies of 17 people washed ashore in Libya
The Libyan Red Crescent says the bodies of 17 people were washed ashore in western Libya on Tuesday.
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Allegations of rubber bullets fired at migrants on French beach
Newspapers are reporting that a group of eight Iranian Kurdish migrants were fired at by French police as they attempted to launch a boat on the French coast near Dunkirk. The migrants, who were hoping to make it to the UK, were hit by rubber bullets. At least two were injured.
Lampedusa: Remembering the dead as more migrants arrive
More than 600 migrants arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa at the weekend, as the island marked the anniversary of the tragic shipwreck which claimed the lives of over 360 migrants eight years ago.
Geo Barents: 60 migrants disembarked in Sicily
The Geo Barents rescue ship, run by the medical charity Doctors without Borders (MSF), docked in a Sicilian port on Wednesday and disembarked the 60 migrants it had rescued just over a week earlier.
Destination UK: Channel crossings increase, despite British government's anti-migration rhetoric
More than 16,000 migrants have made it over the Channel to the UK this year, almost double those who made it in the whole of 2020. The British government talks about sending boats back but since Brexit, returning migrants to France has become harder, and that is attracting more migrants to attempt the crossing.
Spain: 46 migrants rescued off Gran Canaria
Another group of mainly sub-Saharan migrants has been saved off the Canary Islands. The number of sea arrivals has risen once again and Spanish rescue officials are working around the clock.
Cyprus sends Syrian migrants back to Lebanon
Cypriot authorities intercepted two boats carrying 88 migrants off the island's coast and transferred them back to Lebanon.
Italian coast guard rescues 22 stranded off coast, reports one dead
The Italian coast guard said it rescued 22 people and found one migrant dead after being called to the site of an apparent boating incident.
Dozens of migrants feared drowned off West African coast
Up to 47 people are feared dead after their boat’s engine failed en route from Western Sahara to the Canary Islands. The missing migrants include three children.
One dead and 120 migrants rescued in Channel
The good weather on Thursday saw more migrants attempting to cross the Channel. 120 migrants were rescued, confirmed the French maritime authorities. One migrant was found unconscious on a sinking boat and flown to hospital by helicopter; he later died.
108 migrants rescued by French after attempts to cross the Channel
French maritime authorities have rescued another 108 migrants attempting to cross the Channel between Britain and France. The migrants were in four separate boats which got into trouble near the French coast.
Dying to reach Europe: The Atlantic crossing
A tally of the numbers of migrants who die or go missing during their journeys is impossible to establish definitively, since so many go without telling people, and travel via illegal means. Deaths at sea are even harder to trace, because many of the bodies are never recovered. The Atlantic Crossing from West Africa towards the Canaries is one of the worst routes for this.