Young Alan Kurdi’s death on beach was in vain, father says, as migrant...
ROME — The father of a three-year-old Syrian boy who became a tragic emblem of Europe’s migration crisis when his body washed up on a Turkish beach last year says his son died for nothing because...
View Article‘This is our Nazi neighbourhood’: Bottles fly as migrants and far-right clash...
BERLIN — Far-right protesters blocked an ambulance from reaching an injured asylum seeker after violent clashes broke out between the two groups in an east German town. Witnesses in Bautzen described...
View ArticleItaly braces as 235,000 migrants on Libya’s coast wait to cross the...
At least 235,000 migrants and refugees are on the coast of Libya waiting to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, a United Nations official has warned. “We have on our lists 235,000 migrants who are just...
View ArticleHungary’s prime minister vows to push through legislation rejecting migrant...
Viktor Orban’s bid to strike a blow against Brussels faltered Sunday night after his referendum on whether Hungary should accept EU migrant quotas was declared invalid after it failed to meet the...
View Article‘An absolutely appalling figure’: At least 239 migrants believed to have...
BRUSSELS – At least 239 migrants are believed to have drowned in two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya, the UN refugee agency said Thursday, adding to the toll in what was already the deadliest year on...
View ArticleAfghan migrant’s arrest in murder, rape case must not lead to...
BERLIN — The arrest of a 17-year-old Afghan migrant suspected of raping and killing a university student must not be used for “rabble-rousing and conspiracy propaganda,” Germany’s vice chancellor said...
View ArticleSpanish NGO boat saves 391 migrants and refugees off Libyan coast
BARCELONA, Spain — A boat belonging to a Spanish aid organization has rescued 391 migrants attempting the dangerous crossing of the Mediterranean Sea. Laura Lanuza, spokeswoman for Spain’s Proactiva...
View ArticleUp to 50 migrants ‘deliberately drowned’ off Yemen, UN says
JOHANNESBURG — Up to 50 migrants from Somalia and Ethiopia were “deliberately drowned” when a smuggler forced them into the sea off Yemen’s coast, the U.N. migration agency said Wednesday, calling the...
View Article‘The boats to Europe have stopped’: Ouster of a brutal militia from Libya’s...
SABRATHA, Libya — For nearly two years, this ancient, beachfront city, famed for its Roman ruins, was one of North Africa’s largest smuggling hubs, a gateway for tens of thousands of migrants seeking...
View ArticleSpanish non-profit rescue 476 migrants adrift at sea
MADRID — Spain’s maritime rescue service said Sunday that it saved 476 migrants who were attempting the perilous crossing of the Mediterranean Sea from African shores. The migrants were pulled from 15...
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