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Refugee or migrant: what's the difference?

“What is the difference between migrants and refugees?”, asks Panos in Athens. “Are all the European countries applying the same procedures to deal

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Mediterranean migrant crisis: 6,000 rescued in one weekend

Italy

European ships rescue 4,000 migrants, Italy feels overstretched

British, Swedish, Spanish and Italian ships were en route to help about 10 migrant boats that called for help on Sunday. Some 4,000 migrants were rescued in the Mediterranean this weekend alone.

World News

European navy ships 'rescue 3,500 migrants' in the Mediterranean

Naval vessels from across Europe have joined together to save around 3,500 migrants in trouble off the Libyan coast in the Mediterranean – one of the

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United Kingdom

Polish truckers held in UK after dozens of immigrants found in lorries

Four Polish lorry drivers are being questioned by British police after 68 immigrants were found hidden inside four lorries at Harwich Port in eastern

Myanmar

Myanmar lands 700 boat people, says most belong to Bangladesh

Myanmar brought ashore more than 700 boat people it had blocked at sea for days, as the United States on Wednesday called on the country to solve a migrant crisis by recognising the rights of its Musl

Tunisia

Zarzis fishermen on the frontline in migrant rescue efforts

Fishermen from a port town in southern Tunisia are on the frontline in the struggle to prevent a humanitarian disaster in the Mediterranean. The

Europe News

Former refugee urges 'more positive debate' on immigration

Migration has long been a political hot potato. It’s a debate which clouds many European and national elections. There’s been a lot of talk about an

World

Tunisian Prime Minister: "Fighting terrorism is a priority"

On his first official visit to Brussels, Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid met with European officials and members of parliament. Charles Salamé

France

French police clear 'migrant camp' in central Paris

French police cleared out a so-called migrant camp on Tuesday morning (June 2) in central Paris. Around 300 migrants, mostly from east Africa, had

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Rescued migrants and more than a dozen dead arrive in Sicily

Italy

Operations intensify to rescue 'biggest wave' of Mediterranean migrants

Thousands more migrants rescued from the Mediterranean have continued to arrive in Italian ports. Over 450 were taken to Augusta in Sicily on board

World News

More than 4,000 migrants rescued in 24 hours in Mediterranean

In the space of just 24 hours more than 4,200 migrants have been rescued from boats in the Mediterranean. It marks a new high in the numbers

Thailand

Vows to rescue 'boat people' as Asian migration summit ends

Southeast Asian nations have agreed to intensify search and rescue operations to help migrants stranded at sea, and work together to solve the

World News

Italy rescues 3,300 Mediterranean migrants in one day

Italy’s coastguard said on Friday that it had helped coordinate the rescue of more than 3,300 migrants in the Mediterranean in the space of just 24

Thailand

Myanmar refuses sole responsibility in Rohingya migrant crisis

Myanmar has rejected exclusive responsibility for the Rohingya crisis, at an international meeting in Bangkok. Indonesia and Malaysia in recent weeks

Malaysia

Malaysia: Police officials arrested as over 100 'migrant graves' discovered

Malaysia’s deputy home minister says 139 uncovered graves, which are believed to contain the corpses of trafficked migrants, appear to hold one body

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Officials seek expulsion of migrants in central Paris

Greece

Greece deals with sudden influx of new migrants

As several boats carrying at least 300 more migrants reached the Greek island of Kos on Tuesday, the European Commission is due to give more details

Malaysia

Forensic police in Malaysia exhume migrant corpses buried along the Thai border

Malaysian forensic teams are involved in the macabre task of exhuming the bodies of hundreds of migrants found at 140 grave sites and abandoned