Migrant
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Migrant arrivals set rhythm of life on Lampedusa
Sep 27, 2023While rough seas have temporarily brought peace to the Italian island of Lampedusa, rescuers are preparing for new migrant boats that are anticipated as soon as the weather improves. As European states disagree over who is... -
Panama says migrant numbers keep surging
Jul 22, 2023According to a senior authority, the number of migrants traveling through Panama on their way to the United States is steadily increasing and far surpassing the record numbers set in 2022. “Today we add 227,000 migrants... -
At least 39 dead in Panama migrant bus crash
Feb 16, 2023At least 39 people perished in a bus disaster in Panama early on Wednesday, most of them undocumented migrants headed for the US who had just survived a treacherous jungle crossing, according to officials. Without specifying... -
100 dead in Lebanon migrant shipwreck off Syria
Sep 28, 2022Syrian authorities have recovered 100 bodies from a Lebanese migrant boat that sank off Syria last week, state media reported about one of the deadliest recent shipwrecks in the eastern Mediterranean. The first bodies were found... -
Ethiopian COVID-19 affected migrant families received food and assistance in Kenya
Jun 13, 2020In Nairobi, Kenya, a small effort from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to alleviate the widespread impact of COVID-19 in the region, more than 300 Ethiopian migrants and their families are received food and other... -
France, Britain agree action plan on migrant Channel crossings
Dec 31, 2018Britain and France have agreed to boost bilateral cooperation over a spike in migrants trying to cross the Channel, the UK’s Home Office said Sunday. In the coming weeks, the two countries will increase surveillance patrols... -
Switzerland Funds IOM to expand migrant presence, flow monitoring in Turkey
Aug 11, 2018Istanbul has increasingly become a destination city for migrants and refugees from countries such as Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia. According to the latest available figures from the Turkish Directorate General of Migration Management (DGMM),... -
Romanian migrants rally against government
Aug 10, 2018Thousands joined a rally in Bucharest on Friday staged by Romanians working abroad to protest against entrenched corruption, low wages and attempts by the ruling Social Democrat Party (PSD) to weaken the judiciary. Among the protesters... -
African migrants protest in Italy after road deaths
Aug 8, 2018Migrant laborers staged a strike on Wednesday to protest at the deaths of 16 colleagues killed this week in two separate traffic accidents in southern Italy. Thousands of migrants work in the southern heel of Italy... -
Migrant rescue boat aims for Spain with bodies, shunning Italy
Jul 18, 2018A sea rescue charity is seeking permission to take the bodies of two dead migrants to Spain, it said on Wednesday, shunning the option of taking a lone survivor to a much closer port in Italy...