Migrants in europe

Britain could cut visas from countries that don't accept migrant returns

After talks with allies, including the United States, on how to assert more control over borders, Britain's new interior minister, Shabana Mahmood, agreed to the principles at a meeting in London.

 British Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a speech, following his first cabinet meeting as Prime Minister, in London, Britain, July 6, 2024.
 Anti-Israel protesters arrived in troves "in solidarity" with Thursday's pogrom in Amsterdam.

'This is Auschwitz': Hundreds defy Amsterdam protest ban in solidarity with antisemitic attackers

 Crew members of the Geo Barents migrant rescue ship, operated by Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), distribute life jackets to a group of 61 migrants on a boat during a rescue operation in international waters off the coast of Libya in the central Mediterranean Sea September, 2023.

Boat carrying Egyptian migrant capsizes off Libyan coast, 12 dead

 The daughter of Palestinian woman Raghda Abu Marasa, who fled to the southern part of the enclave after Israel's call for more than 1 million civilians in northern Gaza to move south, rides in a car with her family members as they return to their home in Gaza City, citing a lack of refuge elsewhere

EU migration ministers address militant Islamist attacks, risks from Israel-Hamas war


Spain rescues 262 migrants in Canary Islands as EU mulls migration

Migrant arrivals by sea to Spain have increased by a fifth so far this year compared to the same period in 2022.

 A group of 61 migrants on a wooden boat are rescued by crew members of the Geo Barents migrant rescue ship, operated by Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), in international waters off the coast of Libya in the central Mediterranean Sea September 28, 2023.

New UN migration chief worried boat deaths becoming 'normalized'

Earlier this month, a dinghy filled with belongings of refugees holding Somalian and Turkish documents and other belongings washed ashore in Netanya, with no expected survivors.

Massimo Sestini’s entry, which took second place in the General News slot, is a colorful overhead shot of refugees packed into a boat off the Libyan coast, prior to being rescued by an Italian naval frigate.

Poland: Jewish director's film on migrant crisis is Nazi propaganda

The film’s social media pages have since been swarmed with antisemitic trolls, according to its sales agent.

A MAN looks at a Nazi propaganda poster at Yad Vashem.

Italy hosts major migration conference with Middle East states - analysis

The International Conference on Development and Migration is an initiative of Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and it was held at the Italian Foreign Ministry in Rome on Sunday.

 Delegates pose for a family photo during an international conference on migration in Rome, Italy July 23, 2023.

Italy adopts state of emergency over migrants

Around 31,300 migrants have arrived in Italy so far in 2023, interior ministry data shows, up from around 7,900 in the same period last year.

 Mourners react near a coffin of a victim who died in a migrant shipwreck, in Crotone, Italy March 1, 2023.

Migrant shipwreck in Italy kills at least 61, including 12 children

The vessel was carrying people from Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and several other countries when it crashed near the Italian coast.

 A boat that was carrying immigrants is seen in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya, March 30, 2018. Picture taken March 30, 2018

Fears of migrant deaths rise after bodies found in eastern Poland

One of three bodies has been identified, as a Yemeni doctor, near Poland's boarder with Belarus, leaving two more bodies unidentified.

 Polish soldiers and police watch migrants at the Poland/Belarus border near Kuznica, Poland, in this photograph released by the Territorial Defence Forces, November 12, 2021.

At least four dead after migrant boat capsizes off English coast

Despite freezing temperatures, more than 500 migrants have made the journey over the English channel in small boats in the last week alone.

 Police officers gather at the Port of Dover amid a rescue operation of a missing migrant boat, in Dover, Britain December 14, 2022.

Libya is deadliest launching pad for illegal immigration to Europe

The International Organization for Migration reported that over 20,000 migrants have been rescued from migration attempts via the Mediterranean Sea.

An overcrowded dinghy with migrants from different African countries is seen during a rescue operation off the Libyan coast in the Mediterranean Sea September 21, 2016.

Bodies of drowned migrants wash up on Libyan shore

More than a dozen migrants drowned trying to cross the Mediterranean to find better opportunities in Europe.

 A RHIB (rigid hulled inflatable boat) from the German NGO migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 returns to the ship after rescuing twelve migrants from a wooden boat in international waters north of Libya, in the western Mediterranean Sea, August 2, 2021.

Kurds describe abuse, exploitation faced in Belarus

Food is scarce for refugees arriving in Belarus. The weather is cold. Some describe harsh interrogations and even allege torture if they do not obey orders.

Polish police guard Poland/Belarus border near Kuznica, Poland, in this photograph released by the Police, November 12, 2021.