Ninety migrants were picked up by British authorities as part of a large search and rescue operation, according to UK media reports. Most of them were rescued from rubber boats in the waters between France and England.
The number of migrants arriving in the Spanish Canary Islands increased last month to 18 times the number in January 2019, the AFP news agency reports. However, fewer migrants are trying to reach mainland Spain by boat.
A number painted on a plain cement gravestone is all that marks the resting place of hundreds of Afghans in a city in Turkey’s east. The unnamed migrants buried here lost their lives trying to cross the treacherous border from Iran.
Fewer asylum seekers are coming to Germany, yet the number of people in need of protection worldwide continues to rise. Here are some of the key migration facts and figures for 2019.
Two tunnels were found in Hungary that were used by migrants to cross into the country from Serbia.
16 migrants were found in a sealed trailer on a ferry traveling from France to Ireland on Thursday. The migrants were reportedly all in good health.
Since July, Italian and Slovenian authorities have been patrolling the joint alpine border in an effort to stop migrants from crossing. InfoMigrants met with Slovenian police in the city of Koper, not far from the Italian city of Trieste, where dozens of migrants are arrested every week.
The origins of the migrants discovered aboard the Danish-owned ferry are unknown. The driver of the truck has been detained for questioning over possible involvement in human trafficking.
Tens of thousands of people migrate from Eastern Africa to Yemen each year – even though the country has been devastated by a civil war, and smugglers frequently blackmail and torture migrants. Most migrants are hoping to make it to Saudi Arabia, and find work there. Let’s take a closer look at this highly dangerous migrant route.
Migrant deaths on the three Mediterranean routes to Europe have decreased by nearly 50 percent compared to the same period last year, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reports. The number of migrants entering Europe via Greece and Spain accounts for about three-fourths of the regional total.
While migrant camps on the Aegean islands have reached breaking point, and with Turkey threatening to 'open the gates', migrants continue to arrive in Greece in the hundreds every week. Most come by sea, but in recent months, growing numbers have crossed via the land route across the Evros River. Many claim they are subjected to violent and illegal treatment by authorities at the border.
The migrants were travelling in an overcrowded boat. They were towed ashore Monday. According to Cyprus police, most of them were from Syria. Two Syrian men suspected of people smuggling were arrested.