Sixty migrants assumed dead after boat sank in Lake Van

Turkish rescue teams have recovered the bodies of five more migrants who died after their boat ran into trouble in Lake Van in...
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Turkey intercepts 545 migrants in 10 days

In the first 10 days of July, the Turkish Coast Guard has intercepted 545 migrants and asylum seekers on rubber boats and ships...
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German police found 31 migrants inside refrigerated truck

German police found 31 migrants hidden inside a refrigerated truck near the border with the Czech Republic, German news agency...
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Almost 60 children among the 276 migrants found in an air-tight boat compartment near Turkey

Turkish authorities stopped a ship carrying 276 irregular migrants close to the Aegean coastal city of Izmir, Turkey’s state-run n...
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New record for number of migrants intercepted in the English Channel in one day

The interception of irregular migrants trying to reach the UK via the English Channel has hit a new record after 145 people on...
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Iraqi Kurdistan to reopen government offices after two-month lockdown

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Council of Ministers decided to reopen government institutions ”to resume normal work on M...
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Death of Iraqi migrant sparks unrest in a Greek camp

Protestors set fire to part of Vial camp on the Greek island of Chios after a 47-year-old Iraqi asylum seeker died. She had been...
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Greece: Another camp quarantined after migrant tests positive for coronavirus

Greek authorities have placed another migrant camp on its mainland in “full sanitary isolation” after a 53-year-old Afghan mig...
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Between xenophobia and solidarity: How migrants in Europe are treated

After overcoming major obstacles to reach Europe, many migrants hope to set up a new life for themselves in a new country and...
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