Migrants

Spain checks 200 Italian arrivals as countries clash over Morrocan migrant crisis at Ceuta border

Spain's Interior Ministry carried out checks on a total of 199 people on 12 flights from Italy to airports in Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Bilbao, Alicante and Valencia, it said late on Saturday.

AUGUST 9, 2026|ByREUTERS

Spanish national police officers check the documents of travellers arriving from Italy, after Spain's government said it would establish border controls for flights and ships from Italy, from midnight on Saturday until September 7, in a dispute over irregular migration, at Madrid-Barajas Airport

Migrants, some of them minors, queue to receive food staples from local NGO Media Luna Blanca in an industrial area where they are sleeping amid recent mass crossings by migrants on foot and by sea from Morocco into the Spanish territory, Migrants, some of them minorsin Ceuta, Spain, August 6, 2026.

Spain hopes to transfer migrant minors to mainland within weeks

Youth Minister Rego said the profile of child migrants had changed in the past five years since the last major border rush on Ceuta in 2021, when 8,000 people crossed the border.

AUGUST 7, 2026|ByREUTERS

Migrants wait in line to receive food and beverage from the Red Cross, following mass crossings of migrants on foot and by sea from Morocco into Spanish territory, in Ceuta, Spain, August 3, 2026.

Spain struggles to identify 80 migrants killed after mass Ceuta crossing

Only a handful of the 80 migrants found dead after the mass crossing into Ceuta have been identified, leaving families searching for answers.

AUGUST 7, 2026|ByREUTERS

Migrants swim through Spain's Ceuta border from the Moroccan side and climb onto rocks to reach the border fence, in Ceuta, Spain, July 30, 2026, in this screen grab obtained from a video.

Some 100 dead following Moroccan migrant border rush into Spain, Ceuta leader says

Ceuta city leader says approximately 100 people have died during last week's massive border rush, and between 3,000 and 5,000 migrants remain in the enclave.

AUGUST 6, 2026|ByREUTERS

At least 42 migrants missing, presumed dead, after boat capsizes off Libya, IOM says

At least 42 migrants are missing after a boat capsized off Libya, the IOM said. Seven survivors were rescued after six days at sea as migrant deaths in the Mediterranean continue to rise.

NOVEMBER 12, 2025ByREUTERS

A member of the Red Crescent walks next to a body bag in a location given as near Surman, Libya, after a migrant boat capsized west of Libya's capital Tripoli, in this handout image released on October 28, 2025.

Several prisoners mistakenly released from UK prisons each week, minister says

The UK government says over 260 prisoners were mistakenly released in the past year, amid growing pressure over overcrowded prisons and wrongful releases of foreign offenders.

NOVEMBER 6, 2025ByREUTERS

Police officers work as people gather outside the Old Bailey after British police officer Martyn Blake was acquitted of the 2022 murder of Chris Kaba, in London, Britain, October 21, 2024.

Pope calls for 'deep reflection' in US about migrants' treatment under Trump

Pope Leo, originally from Chicago, told reporters that he was concerned about the way immigrants detained in Chicago were being denied holy communion.

NOVEMBER 5, 2025ByREUTERS

Pope Leo XIV places a crown on the Madonna of Sinti, Roma and Walking Peoples during the audience of the Jubilee of the Roma, Sinti, and Travelling Peoples in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on October 18, 2025.

Libya Coast Guard rescues 45 Egyptian, Sudanese migrants from rubber boat off Tobruk

The rescue highlights Libya’s role as a main transit hub for Africans and Middle Easterners seeking to reach Italy, Malta, and, eventually, other parts of the European Union.

NOVEMBER 2, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF

Members of the Libyan Coast Guard operate near the migrant search and rescue ship Sea-Watch 5 (not pictured), operated by the German NGO Sea-Watch, in the search and rescue (SAR) zone in the central Mediterranean Sea, off Libya, August 8, 2025.

At least four die after migrant boat sinks off Greek island of Lesbos

At least four migrants died when their boat sank off Lesbos island. Seven others were rescued from the sea.

OCTOBER 27, 2025ByREUTERS

An Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) worker gives a blanket to a migrant woman, after a group migrants have been found safe ashore in the south of the island, while four bodies were recovered at sea during a SAR operation, a coastguard official said, on the island of Lesbos, Greece, October 7, 2025.

Hollowing out: Israeli emigration proves social, political cracks are widening - editorial

The emigration surge is a symptom and a warning of social fracture, demographic vulnerability, and spiritual drift.

OCTOBER 26, 2025ByJPOST EDITORIAL

Travelers are seen at the departure hall of the Ben-Gurion Airport on April 4, 2023; illustrative

Australia defends plan to send deportees to tiny Pacific nation of Nauru

Australia defended its $2.5b deal to deport non-citizens to Nauru, despite rights groups warning of poor healthcare and past neglect on the island.

OCTOBER 19, 2025ByREUTERS

Chinese migrants protest against Australia's policy shift on the investment visa scheme, as they march outside the Australian Broadcasting Corporation office in Sydney, Australia June 16, 2023.

UK use of AI age estimation tech on migrants fuels rights fears

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under pressure to control migration as populist Nigel Farage's anti-immigrant Reform UK party surges ahead in opinion polls.

OCTOBER 17, 2025ByREUTERS