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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

Malaysia

Malaysian police find 139 mass graves near Thai border

My Europe Series

Europe Weekly: EU backs migrant mission to its south, looks east

In this episode of Europe Weekly, the EU gives the green light to start a naval operation off the coast of Libya; the bloc holds a summit in Riga

Spain

Ivory Coast 'luggage boy' given temporary residence in Spain

An eight-year-old African boy who had been hidden in a suitcase in a bid to smuggle him into Spain has been granted temporary residence. Adou

Italy

Italian navy carries 900 illegal migrants to Sicily

An Italian navy ship carried a dead body among the 900 illegal migrants brought to shore on Thursday in the Sicilian port of Augusta. The men, women

United Kingdom

UK: Cameron unveils immigration clampdown as statistics soar

As new data showed net migration to Britain at its highest levels in a decade, David Cameron hopes a string of new measures will reassure those who

World

Greek island of Samos feels strain of migrant influx

Searching for a better life, many migrants increasingly find death in the Mediterranean. Italy’s prime minister has threatened to raise a migrant

Indonesia

Malaysia launches search and rescue missions amid migrant crisis

Hundreds of Royhingya and Bangladeshi migrants are being housed in a temporary shelter in Indonesia, after being rescued off their rickety boat

United Kingdom

Cameron announces "radical" new anti-immigration measures for Britain

As promised the newly re-elected British prime minister is to get tough on immigration. David Cameron announced on Thursday that the upcoming Queen’s

World News

Thailand calls May 29 summit on Rohingya 'boat people' crisis

More than 400 migrants adrift at sea, mostly Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar and Bangladesh, have been brought ashore to safety by fisherman off the

World News

EU refusal to accept migrant quotas 'unacceptable'

The debate over European Union migrant quotas has become more heated with the Commission deputy chief saying it is ‘unacceptable’ for EU states to

Libya

Migrant held in Libya 'beaten' and 'insulted'

A migrant being held at a detention centre in Libya claims to have been “beaten” and “insulted.” The North African country has become a major hub for

World News

Malaysia and Indonesia offer shelter to 7,000 'boat people'

Malaysia and Indonesia have said they will offer temporary shelter to 7,000 migrants at sea but that is the limit. They said it is on the

World News

EU migrant quota plans hit rough water

European Union plans to cope with the vast numbers of migrants risking their lives crossing the Mediterranean to get to Europe appear close to