Migrants

At least 14 dead after migrant boat collides with coast guard off Antalya

Six migrants and one Turkish national were rescued, but that 14 were found dead and 15 others were caught after continuing in their boat until they reached land.

 FILE PHOTO: Migrants aboard an overcrowded boat are approached by the crew of the migrant search and rescue ship Sea-Watch 5, operated by the German NGO Sea-Watch, during a rescue operation in the Search and Rescue (SAR) zone in the central Mediterranean, off Libya, August 11, 2025.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Yad Vashem with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 26, 2026.

India, Israel agree to increase Indian foreign workers in Israel by 50,000 in the next five years

A tunnel used by migrants to cross from Belarus into Poland, according to authorities, is seen near Narewka, Poland, in this handout photo released by the Polish Border Guard on December 12, 2025.

Hamas, Iran helping Russia send migrants to Europe via tunnels, US military historian says - report

 FILE PHOTO: Migrants aboard an overcrowded boat are approached by the crew of the migrant search and rescue ship Sea-Watch 5, operated by the German NGO Sea-Watch, during a rescue operation in the Search and Rescue (SAR) zone in the central Mediterranean, off Libya, August 11, 2025.

At least five migrant bodies found on Libya’s Qasr al-Akhyar coast


Climate disasters put plight of displaced in COP27 focus

As climate change fuels the movement of migrants throughout the world, the subject becomes a center point at the COP27 conference in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

 ATTENDEES STAND during the COP27 climate summit in Sharm e-Sheikh.

Poverty in Lebanon's 'city of billionaires' drives deadly migration

After a migrant boat tragically sunk, leaving 94 dead in an ill-fated voyage, new light is shed shed on poverty in Lebanon.

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Death toll from sunken Lebanon migrant boat rises to 94

The fatalities continue to grow in numbers after a ship carrying migrants from Lebanon sank.

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More than 30 migrants dead, more than a dozen rescued in Syrian waters

The Syrian transport ministry cited survivors as saying the boat left from Lebanon's northern Minyeh region on Tuesday with between 120 and 150 people onboard.

A Lebanese soldier carries his weapon as he stands at an army post in the hills above the Lebanese town of Arsal, near the border with Syria, Lebanon September 21, 2016. Picture taken September 21, 2016.

Tunisian migration to Italy reaches new high with over 13,000 migrants so far in 2022

Economic and political crises in the country are the cause of soaring migration to Europe

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Refugees seek convoy to Europe from Turkey to flee hardship

A large number of refugees and migrants, many of them from Syria and other neighboring countries are seeking to move to Europe from Turkey.

 ian refugees protest the Turkish offensive against Syria during a demonstration at the Domiz refugee camp on the outskirts of Dohuk, Iraq October 12, 2019

Texas governor buses migrants to Chicago amid border security dispute

Abbott, who is seeking a third term in the November midterm elections, says the buses are needed because Democratic President Joe Biden has failed to secure the border with Mexico.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks at the annual National Rifle Association (NRA) convention in Dallas, Texas, May 4, 2018

Hungary's FM reiterates claim George Soros fueling migrant crisis

Hungarian officials have often used antisemitic tropes to blame Soros for the migrant crisis.

Hungarian government poster portraying financier George Soros and saying "Don't let George Soros have the last laugh" is seen at a tram stop in Budapest, Hungary

Two suspects charged after death of 51 migrants in sweltering Texas truck

The deaths once again highlight the challenge of controlling migrant crossings for Biden.

A WORKER STANDS next to a newly built section of the US border fence at Sunland Park, New Mexico, opposite the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, on Wednesday. Picture taken from the Mexico side of the border.

What are Israel's Ukrainian refugees most in need of today? - interview

Emunah Spira, a graduate of TAU’s International MA program in Migration Studies, works closely with Ukrainian refugee in the midst of the crisis.

MA program in Migration Studies, Emunah Spira