Migrants

Italy under fire for handling migrant crisis, rising sea deaths

Feb 23, 2024 07:21

Italy is under fire for hindering the crucial sea rescue operations and the worsening migrant fatalities due to the strict immigration laws implemented in 2023.
British Red Cross: Ukrainian refugee families in UK four times as likely to end up homeless

Nov 22, 2023 13:56

Thousands of Ukrainian refugee families in the UK are at risk of homelessness this winter, a report by the British Red Cross in association with Heriot-Watt University has said, warning that vulnerable Ukrainian refugees are four times more likely than Britons to end up on the streets.
Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing overwhelmed as Afghans face expulsion

Nov 02, 2023 17:09

Pakistan's northwestern border crossing is flooded with thousands of Afghans rushing to cross into Afghanistan.
Charity slams UK’s plan to return refugees to Bibby Stockholm barge

Aug 31, 2023 13:19

A refugee charity has condemned the UK's plan to move hundreds of asylum seekers back on the Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge before its repairs are completed, accusing the British ministers of playing Russian roulette with refugees’ lives.
More than 60 feared dead after a migrant boat is rescued in Atlantic

Aug 17, 2023 15:19

Dozens of migrants are feared dead after a boat that left Senegal with more than 100 people onboard over a month ago was rescued by the coast guard in Cabo Verde with just 38 survivors onboard, officials said.
41 migrants die in Mediterranean shipwreck tragedy

Aug 09, 2023 15:54

At least 41 migrants have died in a shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa, after a small boat which had set off from Sfax in Tunisia capsized and sank in the Strait of Sicily.
UN denounces UK refugee crackdown bill, calls it against international law

Jul 18, 2023 15:12

The United Nations has warned that controversial British legislation purportedly aimed at deterring thousands of refugees from landing on the country's shores will have profound consequences for people in need of international protection.
Nearly 300 children died trying to reach Europe in 2023

Jul 15, 2023 13:33

At least 289 young boys and girls have died while crossing the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe in the first half of 2023, a whopping two-fold surge compared to the same period last year, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported.
Titan and the trawler: Whose lives matter?

Jun 24, 2023 08:20

Social media users have criticized mainstream media outlets for their stance on two recent tragedies.
Boat carrying 500 asylum seekers disappears in Mediterranean Sea

May 26, 2023 14:21

A boat carrying about 500 asylum seekers, including a newborn baby and pregnant women, has disappeared in the central Mediterranean, according to two humanitarian organizations.