Calm seas and warm temperatures on Tuesday provided conditions in which at least 120 migrants crossed the Channel to the UK. More than 600 reportedly made the journey in small boats over the weekend.
The Tunisian coast guard rescued 248 migrants in several separate incidents on Wednesday. They also retrieved three bodies from a boat which sank off the Tunisian coast.
The British government announced on May 10 that it would be informing the first group of migrants destined to be relocated to Rwanda of their fate “this week.”
Daoud was born and raised in Libya to parents originally from Guinea. His fiancé Aisha was also born in Libya and grew up there, but holds Malian nationality. Despite spending their entire lives in Libya, they doubt they have a future there because there's no path to citizenship for them.
Libyan militias have rejected claims that they are responsible for human rights abuses against migrants. They have threatened to sue Amnesty International over the accusations of unlawful killings, interceptions and arbitrary detention.
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Rama* left Guinea almost three years ago because she feared for her life. She arrived in Cyprus to begin again. This is her story.
The UK government has confirmed that 254 migrants crossed the Channel in seven small boats on Sunday, May 1, after an 11-day pause in crossings. More than 100 are reported to have arrived already on May 2.
Some 20-30 migrants are squatting inside a run-down house in Calais which was taken over by a squat collective in February. A court hearing set for May 10 will decide whether or not the squatters should be evicted. Meanwhile, a local reporter went to visit and take photos.
For tens of thousands of asylum seekers, living in Cyprus is a daily struggle. Isiaka and Christelle are just two out of thousands of migrants and refugees battling with meeting basic needs ranging from housing to employment to having food to eat on the small Mediterranean island, as more migrants keep arriving.
Two migrant boats overturned in the space of a few hours on Saturday off the coast of Tunisia. At least 13 bodies have been recovered -- among them six children and six women. About a dozen are still reported missing.
Human Rights Watch has made fresh allegations against Greece. The organization accuses the country not only of continuing to engage in the illegal pushback of migrants at its borders but also employing third country nationals, other migrants, to do so.