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USA

Photo of drowned migrants shows desperation facing many at US border

A photo showing a father and his daughter drowned in the Rio Grande has highlighted the dangers facing migrants trying to cross into the US.

The Cube

Watch again: Defying Rome, migrant rescue ship enters Italian waters

Watch again: Defying Rome, migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 enters Italian waters

World News

Fears mount for over 20 African migrants missing in Mediterranean Sea

There are fears that at least 20 migrants from Africa may have lost their lives in the Mediterranean while attempting to reach Spain from Morocco

World News

NGOs slam EU's failure to resolve migration issue, failed quota system

NGOs are critical of the EU's failure to resolve the migration issue as thousands of refugees and migrants try to enter the EU, often with tragic consequences

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Hungary

Hungary: Four human traffickers get life over deaths of 71 migrants

All of the passengers suffocated within two hours of departure.

USA

When migrants arrived in droves, this poor New Mexico city opened its arms

The city of Deming has marshaled all of its resources to cope with a steady influx of migrants bused in by the federal government.

Turkey

Eight migrants drown at sea off the coast of Turkey

Eight migrants drown at sea off the coast of Turkey after boat overturns

Italy

Italy lets 10 stranded migrants disembark NGO ship but row deepens

The German maritime rescue NGO rescued the 53 migrants off the coast of Libya on Wednesday but has been unable to disembark them after Italy refused them entry with Salvini ordering law enforcement on Thursday to prevent the boat from entering Italian waters.

Libya

Escaping Libya: a special report as warlords lay siege to the country

As part of a Euronews special, Anelise Borges travels to Libya to meet with those who are desperate to escape the war-torn country,

Greece

Seven drown off the Greek island of Lesbos after boat overturns

Seven people have drowned off the Greek island of Lesbos after their boat overturned, said the Greek coast guard.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Fire at Bosnia migrant camp injures 29

Twenty-nine migrants were injured in a fire that broke out early on Saturday at a migrant camp in a former factory in Velika Kladusa, Bosnia.

Mexico

Mexico's president calls on Trump to back down from tarrif threat

Trump's bid to get the country to crack down on illegal immigration could shock Mexico's economy.

Italy

Italy vs Switzerland: Who sends home more irregular migrants?

Far-right Lega Nord leader Matteo Salvini promised to “fill planes and send immigrants home” but the number of repatriations as actually fallen.

Spain

Could this drone help save migrant lives in the Mediterranean?

Spanish engineers are developing a specially-adapted drone that can aid lifesaving migrant search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea.

World

Trump announces 5% tariffs on Mexico in response to migrants

President Donald Trump announced on Twitter that he is placing a 5% tariff on all Mexican imports to pressure the country over migrants trying to cross the U.S. border.

Greece

Watch: Diving club volunteers saving migrants off Greece

"When we go to help refugees and find dead children, in their eyes we see the souls and eyes of our own children,” said diver Stelios Hatziandreou.

Greece

Inside the migrants' jungle in Samos

A former political science lecturer and civil rights activist, Sarah fled Uganda where her security was at risk. She has been surviving in the so-called migrants "jungle" on the greek island of Samos for 8 months. She takes us on a tour of what she calls hell on earth.

Libya

'They started to shoot": NGOs raise alarm on Libyan detention centres

Migrants and refugees caught in the Mediterranean are brought back to Libya and kept in detention centres where they are particularly vulnerable.

World

Stateless in Europe: 'I was never given the chance to feel European'

Second-generation migrants who are living as stateless citizens in Greece have claimed they have no say in their own future, ahead of the European elections.

France

France intercepts boat with nine migrants on board in English Channel

One of the migrants was a minor suffering from mild hypothermia, French authorities said in a statement.