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.

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

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

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


Religious Zionist MK to advance bill greatly limiting migration into Israel

If the bill is to pass, Israel would have a set annual quota for people gaining refugee status in the country.

 Eritrean asylum seekers who oppose the regime in Eritrea protest outside a conference of regime supporters in south Tel Aviv, September 2, 2023

Government announces plans to combat migrant problems after Eritrean riots

The government announced that they will examine the cancellation of work visas for those staying in Israel illegally, and it was agreed to promote a basic immigration law.

 Eritrean asylum seekers who oppose the regime in Eritrea and pro regime activists clash with Israeli police in south Tel Aviv, September 2, 2023.

Cyprus police make more arrests in racism-fueled violence

State officials frequently say Cyprus is on the frontline of irregular migration in the eastern Mediterranean, though the rate of increase has tapered off this year.

 Police vehicles arrive at a court, where a remand order was issued against a man suspected of plotting to murder Israeli businesspeople on the island, in Nicosia, Cyprus October 6, 2021.

'I love England,' migrant says as he lands after boat crossing

In total, at least 100 migrants arrived on small boats on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally from Dungeness and Dover.

 People, believed to be migrants, walk in Dungeness, Britain, August 16, 2023.

At least six dead, dozens rescued as migrant boat crossing Channel from France capsizes

The maritime prefecture confirmed that there had been at least one death and said search and rescue operations were ongoing.

 A view of migrants on the beach at sunrise after a fail attempt to cross the Channel to the UK on a small boat, in Sangatte, near Calais, France, August 10, 2023.

Forty-one feared dead in migrant shipwreck in central Mediterranean

A tragic shipwreck last week leaves the majority of people on board missing, only four survivors found

 A group of migrants huddle, wrapped in emergency blankets, after being rescued

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.

Britain arrests man suspected of organizing Mediterranean migrant crossings

The NCA said it believed the man was working with people smuggling networks in North Africa to organize boats for migrants.

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.

Pakistan grapples with loss of hundreds in wake of migrant boat sinking

In response to the deadly migrant boat sinking off Greece, Pakistan mourns the victims while intensifying efforts to crack down on human trafficking networks within the country

 Aerial view shows the M/V BASILIS L merchant ship, which was ordered to help with rescue efforts of the migrant boat, in the absence of patrol boats from both Italy and Libya, which was en route from Libya in the central Mediterranean Sea March 11, 2023

Israel to bring thousands more foreign workers to tackle high living costs

In an effort to reduce the high cost of living, Israel's government is planning to bring thousands of workers from India and China primarily for caregiving and construction sectors.

An African migrant sits near the Old Central Bus Station in south Tel Aviv, Israel February 3, 2020