Migrants

Fifty-three migrants including two babies, dead or missing after Libya boat capsizes

The rubber boat carrying 55 people capsized off the coast of Libya.

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FILE PHOTO: German NGO Sea-Watch carries out a rescue operation for migrants aboard an overcrowded boat in the Mediterranean off Libya, August 11, 2025.
Greek emergency personnel wait to transfer bodies of dead migrants, following migrant’s boat collision with coast guard off the island of Chios, in the port of Chios, Greece, February 3, 2026.

Fourteen migrants die off Greece after boat collides with coast guard

A coastguard official said they spotted a dingy transporting migrants towards Chios, which lies a few miles off the coast of Turkey, and ordered them to turn back.

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Migrants onboard a rubber boat wave and gesture as they wait to be rescued by crew members of the "Ocean Viking" rescue ship in the search-and-rescue zone off the international waters of Libya, on January 16, 2026.

Hundreds feared missing or dead trying to cross Mediterranean Sea, says UN migration agency

"The final toll may be significantly higher, a stark reminder that this route remains the deadliest migration corridor in the world," the UN migration agency stated.

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Migrants try to board smugglers' boats in an attempt to cross the English Channel off the beach of Gravelines, northern France on September 27, 2025; illustrative.

Migrants share tutorials for human smuggling on social media - report

Video tutorials on social media show migrants using risky methods to enter the UK, sparking safety concerns and highlighting the dangers of truck smuggling.

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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.

DECEMBER 26, 2021ByREUTERS
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.

At least 53 people killed in Mexico trailer accident - emergency services

The truck transporting migrants turn over, killing at least 53.

DECEMBER 10, 2021ByREUTERS
A trailer crash in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas killed at least 49 people, most of them migrants from Central America, officials said on Thursday.

Religious clergy urge aid for asylum seekers on Polish-Belarusian border

Thousands of migrants and asylum seekers have are facing dire circumstances on the Eastern European border after becoming trapped in an international spat.

DECEMBER 5, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON
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 31 migrants drown crossing English Channel from France

The tally is likely to increase because several of those rescued are in a serious condition.

NOVEMBER 24, 2021ByREUTERS
A group of more than 40 migrants with children get on an inflatable dinghy, as they leave the coast of northern France to cross the English Channel, near Wimereux, France, November 24, 2021

Polish police say group of 50 migrants broke through Belarus border

Thousands of migrants have traveled to Belarus in the hope of crossing into the European Union, only to find themselves trapped on the border in freezing conditions.

NOVEMBER 14, 2021ByREUTERS
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.

Countries ban Iraqis flying to Belarus in echoes of 2017 'Muslim ban'

Turkey is blocking citizens of Syria, Yemen and Iraq from getting airline tickets to Belarus. The sweeping move conjures up memories of the Trump era “Muslim ban.”

NOVEMBER 13, 2021BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Migrants gather around a fire near a barbed wire fence in a makeshift camp on the Belarusian-Polish border in the Grodno region, Belarus November 11, 2021. Picture taken November 11, 2021.

Polish police find body of Syrian man near Belarus border

Thousands of migrants from the Middle East are sheltering in freezing conditions in the woods on the border between Belarus and EU states Poland and Lithuania, which are refusing to let them cross.

NOVEMBER 13, 2021ByREUTERS
Belongings of migrants are pictured in the forest after they left temporary night camp during migrant crisis on Belarusian - Polish border near Hajnowka, Poland, November 10, 2021.

Poland reports two migrant incidents on Belarus border

Trapped between two borders, the migrants are enduring freezing weather in makeshift camps.

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

Belarus is using refugees for politics. Turkey did the same thing - analysis

Where are the Western asylum-seeking policies set up to help genocide survivors? For Yazidis who suffered genocide in 2014, there is no end in sight, whether in Belarus or elsewhere. 

NOVEMBER 8, 2021BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Migrants gather near a barbed wire fence in an attempt to cross the border with Poland in the Grodno region, Belarus November 8, 2021.

Gang shootout in northern Mexico leaves four dead - officials

Three members of the powerful Mexican Gulf Cartel are dead after a shootout and a car chase with law enforcement.

OCTOBER 24, 2021ByREUTERS
Plastic flowers are seen at crosses set up in memory of four policemen who were killed a year ago in a shoot-out with alleged gang members in La Barca November 27, 2013.