Migration

More than 1,200 migrants enter Spain illegally by sea over two days as the government denies reports that Morocco failed to mount patrols.

Press Release - Facts and Figures on the arrivals of migrants in Europe

Europe doesn't want to encourage migrants - but doesn't want them to die trying to get here, says Richard Hamilton.

Be they refugees or illegal migrants, the flow of desperate people fleeing despair in their native countries for Europe is growing exponentially.

Migrants dreaming of Europe have their pick of social media sites that work like an online travel agent, advertising fares and offering tips on secure paym

Men accused of throwing at least 110 people overboard after panic broke out when migrants began running out of air in hold

Facebook is so ubiquitous—it has 1.19 billion monthly active users, or more than 15% of the Earth’s population—that it’s possible to detect huge migration patterns from a few snippets buried in its...

After days of coordinating with me over patchy cell phone connections, Hao Shengli arrived in Mozambique's capital city of Maputo. He'd come to load up on supplies and to collect me for the long ride...

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An overcrowded boat in the Mediterranean sea prompted a water rescue.

The U.S. Navy rescued 282 people from six small vessels in the Mediterranean Sea after one of the boats began to sink, the military said Saturday.

Over a thousand people rescued off the island of Lampedusa in the second such operation in two days.

Italy has threatened to allow refugees to cross its borders into neighbouring countries unless the European Union takes charge of a sea operation to manage the flow of migrants crossing in boats from...

The United Nations has been forced to consider establishing refugee holding centres in north Africa and the Middle East due to the spiralling numbers of migrants attempting perilous journeys across...

Italian newspapers have recently been full of reports of countless rickety boats conveying thousands of desperate migrants to its shores.

Italian authorities warn of catastrophe as data shows sharp increase in those making treacherous sea crossing to southern Europe

Hundreds of migrants force their way through the border fence from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Melilla.

Spanish authorities say 300 people tried to scale the barrier between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla on Friday morning, with more than 200 making...

Around 1,000 would-be immigrants stormed the border fence between Morocco and the Spanish North African city of Melilla on Wednesday morning, with around 400 managing to enter the enclave.