France’s hardline interior minister, Bruno Retailleau, on Friday, said Britain could no longer “sub-contract” Channel border security out to Paris. With no end in sight…
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Three dead after migrant boat sinks in Channel Three people have died after an overloaded migrant boat sank off the coast of Calais in the…
Two dead in Channel after boat sinks carrying nearly 50 people Two people have died after a boat sank in the Channel carrying close to…
Twelve die after migrant boat sinks in Channel Twelve people, including six children and a pregnant woman, lost their lives when a boat carrying migrants…
Breaking – At least 12 dead after boat carrying migrants capsizes in Channel A large search and rescue operation is under way in the English…
Boat carrying 45 migrants and refugees capsizes off Yemen Only four survivors have been found after a boat carrying at least 45 migrants and refugees…
KEY POINTS Eleven dead and dozens missing in two shipwrecks At least 11 people have died, and over 60 are missing after two shipwrecks off…
Officials in Nampula have confirmed that more than 90 people have died after a ferry sank off the north coast of Mozambique. Around 130 people are believed to have been on board, and only five people have been rescued, officials added.
Five migrants die trying to cross English Channel in boat Tragedy struck as five migrants lost their lives in French waters while attempting to cross…
Children are amongst those presumed dead.
Two migrants die crossing Channel in small boat Two migrants died after their small boat got into difficulty as they attempted to cross the Channel. …
Forty-one migrants die in shipwreck off Italy Forty-one migrants die in shipwreck off Italian island of Lampedusa, survivors tell local media. Four people who survived…
At least 30 migrants are missing following two shipwrecks off the Italian island of Lampedusa, according to survivor testimony, the UN’s migration agency said Sunday.
Migrant boat from Senegal carrying 200 people missing off the Canary Islands A boat carrying at least 200 African migrants remains missing almost a week…
At least 300 people who were travelling on three migrant boats from Senegal to Spain’s Canary Islands have disappeared, migrant aid group Walking Borders said on Sunday.
Nine Egyptians suspected of being people smugglers connected with the deadly sinking of an overloaded migrant boat off Greece have been charged with human trafficking and remanded, a Greek legal source said on Tuesday.
Greece boat disaster: Nine trafficking suspects plead not guilty in first court appearance Nine men, aged between 20 and 40, who were accused of causing…
More than a hundred migrants were rescued from an overcrowded fishing vessel that capsized southwest of the Greek port of Pyrgos on Wednesday. At least 78 people have been confirmed dead, making it Greece’s deadliest migrant shipwreck since 2016. However that figure could rise, with estimates of the number on board ranging from 400 to 750.
Greece boat disaster leaves at least 79 dead and hundreds missing A fishing boat disaster off the southern coast of Greece has resulted in at…
‘The outer deck was full of people, and we presume that the interior (of the vessel) would also have been full.’