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Migrants tell rescuers they would rather die than go back to Libya

Eighty-seven more migrants arrived in southern Spain on Thursday after being rescued off the coast of Libya

World News

Germany and Spain agree controversial migrant return deal

Germany and Spain agree on migrant return deal - Chancellor Angela Merkel and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez reach a deal where Germany can send migrants previously registered in Spain back to the original landing point. It comes ahead of Merkel and Sanchez's migrant talks this weekend.

Spain

'Spain is not alone,' says EU migration head

Spain is not alone - that was the message the EU Commissioner for Migration took to Madrid on Friday.

Spain

EU grants Spain extra funding to cope with migrant arrivals

The European Commission has pledged to increase funding to Spain to help it cope with a rise in migration across the Mediterranean.

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Italy

U.N. says migrants' return to Libya by Italian boat could be illegal

The U.N. migration agency say some of those involved in the case have made contradictory statements about where it took place, which is key to establishing migrants’ rights.

Spain

Is Spain experiencing an immigration boom?

Spanish politicians have started pointing fingers as the country has become the Mediterranean's most sought-after destination for irregular migrants travelling by sea, surpassing Italy and Greece.

Spain

Hundreds of migrants rescued off Spain

Hundreds of migrants rescued off Spain

Spain

NGO says Libya abandoned migrants at sea

NGO says Libya abandoned migrants at sea

Libya

Woman the sole survivor after migrant trio 'abandoned' at sea

This is the sole survivor after three migrants were abandoned in the sea off Libya, a Spanish charity has claimed.

World News

Watch: 10 days at sea, the real story of the Aquarius

10 DAYS AT SEA: The Real Story Of The Aquarius is about what happened aboard the humanitarian vessel while it found itself at the heart of one of the most serious storms Europe has ever faced.

Italy

EU Prize: Italian family wins European Citizen's award for migrants hosting model

In the small town of Camalò, near Treviso in northeastern Italy, Antonio Calò and his wife Nicoletta three years ago decided to host six African migrants and help them start a new life in their country.The experience turned into a hosting model that this year won the European Citizen’s prize.

World News

Rome, Berlin, Vienna in migrant deal

Interior ministers Matteo Salvini of Italy, Horst Seehofer of Germany and Herbert Kickl of Austria said after talks in Innsbruck that an "axis of the willing" led by Vienna, Berlin and Rome would curb migrant departures.

Italy

Italian coast guard intervenes in migrant rescue 'to save crew'

The vessel says that when it moved to meet the Libyan coast guard, migrants threatened the crew, pushing them and making "cut your throat" gestures.

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Activists spell 'Europe kills' with life jackets after ship seized

Activists made it known they did not approve of the Maltese court's decision to seize its rescue ship Lifeline.

World News

EU not honouring commitments to help rescue migrants: Libyan official

The EU has not “fulfilled any commitments” to provide the Libyan Coast Guards with equipment to help stem the flow of migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean, a spokesman for the Libyan Navy said Wednesday.

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Migrants aboard aid ship share hopes as they head to Spain

The mood was light aboard the Open Arms on Tuesday as it sailed towards Spain carrying 60 migrants rescued off the coast of Libya on June 30.

Libya

More than 200 migrants drown in first 3 days of July

More than 200 migrants drown in first 3 days of July

World News

Dozens missing as boat capsizes off coast of Libya

Dozens of migrants are missing in the coast off Libya. Their boat capsized about 31 kilometres from the capital Tripoli. While 41 people have been rescued, 170 are thought to still be missing in the Mediterranean Sea since Friday.

Germany

As it happened: Monday, July 2

The latest news and updates as they happened this morning.

Germany

Merkel coalition under threat

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s hopes of resolving a political crisis in her ruling coalition have suffered a blow, with details of a European Union deal on migrants already being called into question.