A new study has labeled the border crossing between the U.S. and Mexico the deadliest migration land route in the world. The study, conducted by the Missing Migrants Project and published by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), recorded at … Read More
The numbers of migrants who were intercepted by Libya’s coast guard while attempting to cross the Mediterranean almost tripled in 2021 compared to the year before, according to the UN. “As of December 14, 2021, the Libyan coast guard had … Read More
Over 160 migrants drowned in two different shipwrecks off the Libyan coast this past week as more people try crossing to Europe, a United Nations migration official said Tuesday. International Organization for Migration (IOM) spokeswoman Safa Msehli said the new … Read More
While the deaths of at least 27 migrants in the English Channel have shocked both Britain and France, shipwrecks of that scale are not uncommon in European waters. UN officials estimate that as many as 1,600 people have died or … Read More
The increasing needs of refugees and migrants from Venezuela have worsened with the COVID-19 pandemic, say UN rights experts. The number of Venezuelans worldwide who’ve gone on the run has now topped six million, with the vast majority hosted by … Read More
FILE – Migrants wait to be rescued by the Ocean Viking during a search and rescue operation in the Mediterranean Sea, July 5, 2021. (Flavio Gasperini/SOS Mediterranee/Handout via Reuters) ROME – The International Organization for Migration said Wednesday that deaths … Read More
Ireland and Lithuania have each agreed to take 10. Luxembourg has also offered to help. (Photo: noborder network) Calls in early May for EU states to help relocate asylum seekers from Italy have largely been ignored. The European Commission had … Read More
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – A humanitarian crisis was unfolding in northwestern Bosnia where up to 3,500 migrants may end up sleeping rough in cold weather, a top European human rights envoy said on Friday. Dunja Mijatovic, the Council of Europe’s Human … Read More
Authorities in Afghanistan warn more than 7 million people still at risk as 56 people die from severe flooding. ANKARA The fourth month of 2020 saw numerous environmental disasters that impaired climate change and vice versa, including severe flooding in … Read More
When the weather imrpoves, some migrants might get on the move, says Peter Van der Auweraert, regional coordinator of the International Organization for Migration. Fahrudin Radoncic, the Bosnian security minister, is warning the European Union that there might be up … Read More