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Search and Rescue: Why shipwrecks keep happening in European waters

There is little cooperation between national coast guard services and NGOs.

Greece

As death toll rises to 81, new accounts expose migrant boat disaster

The number of confirmed victims from one of the worst migrant shipwrecks in the Mediterranean rose to 81 Monday after three more bodies were found off southern Greece.

Italy

1,300 migrants overcrowd Lampedusa reception centre designed for 400

Around 1,300 migrants are crowded into one reception centre on the island of Lampedusa after a new wave of boats arrived since Saturday.

Greece

Greek coast guard defends actions as up to 500 migrants feared dead

Greece's coast guard defended its actions in responding to a ship carrying hundreds of migrants that ended up sinking off the country's south coast, as criticism mounted Friday over the European Union's years-long failure to hammer out a comprehensive migration and asylum policy.

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Europe News

Migrant disaster strikes again & EU's nature restoration act struggles

MEPs also voted on a report on spyware.

Greece

Greek residents mobilise to help survivors of deadly migrant shipwreck

Search and rescue operations continued overnight some 75 kilometres southwest of Greece’s southern Peloponnese region.

Portugal

Climate fuelled fires are forcing people to migrate in Portugal

Six years ago, a new kind of fire hit Portugal. It killed 66 people. For those lucky enough to survive, the experience still haunts them.

Italy

Over 600 migrants dock in the southern Italian port of Bari

They came from Syria, Bangladesh, Palestine, Egypt and Pakistan on board a reportedly overcrowded fishing boat.

World News

Fighting continues in Sudan as truce talks between stall

The humanitarian situation in Sudan is worsening as truce negotiations between the country's warring generals stall.

Europe News

EU Commissioner: Italy 'doing tremendous job' with migration measures

Ylva Johansson said she understands the latest action taken by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government on migration.

Italy

Over 600 new migrants dock on Italian island of Lampedusa in 24 hours

Warm weather and full moon conditions have been met with an increase in attempted migrant crossings of the Mediterranean over recent days.

World News

Hundreds of people are stranded between the Peru and Chile border

Peruvian Prime Minister Alberto Otárola said Saturday that the dialogue with governments of other countries has "advanced" in discussing what he calls a "migration crisis".

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Watch: Police block migrants trying to enter Peru from Chile

Peru is applying a 60-day state of emergency and sending troops to its borders.

World

Climate change displaces more people than war, says UN migration chief

In this latest episode of the Global Conversation, Euronews speaks to the UN's migration chief, António Vitorino, about Europe's response to skyrocketing migration, deadly crossings in the Mediterranean, and climate-driven displacement.

Europe News

MEPs call for more solidarity on migration as tough talks loom

The vote by MEPs in Strasbourg on Thursday establishes the institution's negotiating stance, as it prepares to enter long-awaited talks with EU countries on the matter.

Europe News

What will happen to Turkey's EU migrant deal if the opposition wins?

The influx of migrants and refugees in the last decade had a big impact on relations between Turkey and the European Union.

Italy

Record-breaking number of migrants reach Italy in 48 hours

An unprecedented amount of migrants have reached Italy in the past two days, crossing one of the most dangerous migration routes in the world.

World News

Euroviews. People have the right to asylum in the EU. We can't let humanity drown

Europe cannot just helplessly watch people on the move dying at sea. It needs a migration policy that puts people’s rights at the centre, MEPs Cornelia Ernst and Pietro Bartolo wrote.

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WATCH: Migrants demand entrance at US-Mexican border

Hundreds of migrants of different nationalities arrived at the dividing line between Mexico and the US, where a barbed wire and hundreds of border control police blocked their access.

World News

Pope Francis: 10 years of papacy in 10 points

History’s first Latin American pope marks his 10th anniversary on Monday as head of the Roman Catholic Church