Migrants

Spain checks 200 Italian arrivals as countries clash over Moroccan 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.

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

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

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


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

Three die, more missing after migrant boat capsizes off Greek island

Two men, a Syrian and a Palestinian, were rescued, and according to their accounts a total of 17 people were on board the boat, a coast guard official said.

 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

Movie review: ‘Tori and Lokita’ tells a story  of migrants in Europe

In recent years, the Dardenne brothers have looked at the plight of migrants in Europe, and this is the subject of their latest film, Tori and Lokita, which opens throughout Israel on May 11.

 THE DARDENNE brothers’ ‘Tori and Lokita.’

Over 400 migrants died crossing Mediterranean early in 2023 - UN agency

Thousands of mostly African migrants embark on the dangerous journey from the shores of Libya and Egypt, often in small, inflatable boats, in search of a better life in Europe.

 migrant boat

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.

Boat with 400 migrants adrift between Libya and Malta, support service says

The boat sent out a rescue call last night but no rescue mission has been launched yet.

 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

Migrant domestic workers suffer ‘modern day slavery’ in Lebanon

The deportation of a beloved Ethiopian community leader refocuses attention on the difficult conditions endured by many African and Asian migrants working in the country.

 A migrant domestic worker from Africa carries her luggage to a bus transporting her with others to the airpot to travel back to her country, in Beirut suburbs, Lebanon October 5, 2020.