migrants
Tunisia allows boat with migrants to dock after leaving it stranded for two weeks
Middle East
August 1, 2018
Tunisia allows boat with migrants to dock after leaving it stranded for two weeks
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia has agreed to accept a boat carrying around 40 African migrants stranded for two weeks off…
Spain rescues nearly 500 migrants at sea in a single day
World
July 25, 2018
Spain rescues nearly 500 migrants at sea in a single day
Spanish rescue services said Tuesday they had plucked nearly 500 migrants from the Mediterranean in a single day who…
Egypt’s Parliament speaker asserts nation’s refusal to establish EU refugee camps
Egypt
July 3, 2018
Egypt’s Parliament speaker asserts nation’s refusal to establish EU refugee camps
Egypt’s Parliament Speaker Ali Abdel Aal announced that Egyptian authorities have declined a proposal by the EU to establish…
U.S. government says it will detain migrant children with parents
World
June 30, 2018
U.S. government says it will detain migrant children with parents
The U.S. government said in a court filing on Friday that it has the right to detain children and parents…
Libyan coastguard says 100 migrants may have drowned near Tripoli
Middle East
June 29, 2018
Libyan coastguard says 100 migrants may have drowned near Tripoli
Around 100 people are thought to have drowned from a migrant boat off Libya’s western coast, a coastguard official said…
Six EU countries to take in stranded rescue ship migrants
World
June 27, 2018
Six EU countries to take in stranded rescue ship migrants
Six EU countries have agreed to take in over 200 migrants stranded on a rescue ship off Malta’s coast,…
Benetton condemned for using rescued migrants in adverts
World
June 20, 2018
Benetton condemned for using rescued migrants in adverts
French charity SOS Mediterranee has lashed out at clothing giant Benetton over an advertising campaign featuring a photograph of…
With 100 killed, Tunisia boat wreck becomes year’s deadliest migrant disaster
Middle East
June 5, 2018
With 100 killed, Tunisia boat wreck becomes year’s deadliest migrant disaster
At least 100 people are believed to have died after a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Tunisia…
Arizona, Texas send 400 troops to border after Trump’s call
World
April 7, 2018
Arizona, Texas send 400 troops to border after Trump’s call
Arizona and Texas announced Friday that they would send 400 National Guard members to the US-Mexico border by next week…
Migrants killed in Libyan truck accident
Middle East
February 14, 2018
Migrants killed in Libyan truck accident
At least 22 people were killed and 79 more injured in a truck accident Wednesday in the northwestern city of…