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Spain

100 immigrants in mass attempt to enter North African Spanish enclave

Thirty-five sub-Saharan Africans have managed to reach the Spanish enclave of Melilla after scaling a border fence that divides it from Morocco

Italy

More than 2,000 boat migrants are brought to Sicily during a weekend of rescues

Around 700 migrants who were rescued near the Libyan coast on Saturday have been brought to Sicily by Italian coastguards, They were just some of at

Italy

Migrants reach Lampedusa after rescue operation saves 700

Thousands have died crossing the sea from North Africa. Early on Saturday morning, one group of migrants made it to shore in Europe and the tiny

Kosovo

German police help catch Kosovan refugees on Hungarian border

Equipped with thermal imaging cameras, police teams monitor migrant activity on the Serb-Hungarian border.

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World News

Data 'mocks' claims migrants try for Europe 'expecting' sea rescue

World News

Migrant deaths in Mediterranean show Triton inadequate

Each disaster involving desperate immigrants fuels the debate over measures to prevent people from dying at sea, and each time the measures come up

Italy

Hundreds of migrants feared dead in Mediterannean

The perilous sea journey across the Mediterannean has reportedly claimed the lives of hundreds of migrants. The United Nations Refugee agency, which

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African migrants scale barrier to reach Spanish soil

World News

UN backs Italy's warning over more migrant tragedies

Italy has repeated its appeal for more help to deal with a massive influx of migrants on its southern shores. It comes after 29 people died of

Italy

Dozens of migrants die from exposure on Italian coast guard boats

The mayor of the Italian island of Lampedusa, Giusi Nicolini, has blamed the death of 29 migrants on the closure of the country’s sea

Spain

Spain's north African enclaves are targeted once again by desperate migrants

A small group of immigrants has become the latest to try and enter the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in Morocco by climbing the border fence. The

My Europe Series

Shipwreck start-up: hope for African migrants building a new life in Germany

There were 350 people on my boat... I still think about those who fell into the water. I saw a child with his mother. We couldn't save them. A little baby, one year old. In that boat, you couldn't sav

Mexico

Obama pledges help to Mexico president to fight drug cartels

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has praised Obama’s move to protect immigrants from deportation as he began his visit to Washington on Tuesday

Italy

Syrian migrants paid thousands to board decrepit ship abandoned by crew

The desperate conditions inside the Ezadeen have been revealed as investigators board the cargo ship that was carrying some 360 migrants when it was

Italy

Migrant 'ghost ship' arrives in Italy

Abandoned at sea, 360 migrants aboard the Ezadeen are now safe on land at the Italian port of Corigliano Calabro. All were described as being in

Italy

Italy: Abandoned cargo ship full of migrants is safely towed to port

An uncertain future faces some 450 migrants on board a cargo ship abandoned by its crew off Italy in a new tactic by people smugglers.

Italy

Fatal Italian ferry fire probe begins as number killed remains unclear

Investigators hope to establish what went wrong and how many died in a fatal fire on a car ferry travelling from Patras in Greece to Ancona in Italy.

Italy

Italy's costly, deadly battle with migrant traffickers

Finally safe on dry land in Gallipoli, Italy… The vessel Blue Sky M had its steering locked on a collision course for the Italian Adriatic shore

Italy

Italy finds second ghost ship with 450 migrants

The Italian coastguard has rescued a drifting ship towards the coast of Italy with hundreds of migrants on board in the second such incident this

Italy

Italian coast guards board new abandoned migrant ship

Italian military takes control of a cargo ship carrying some 450 migrants in the Mediterannean after it had been abandoned by human smugglers