Spanish Police Break Up Ghoulish Criminal Gang Preying on Families of Dead Migrants
The network made money by charging families for providing them often false information about migrants who had died at sea.
Mediterranean deaths
Over 2,500 Migrants Have Drowned or Disappeared in Mediterranean Sea This Year, U.N. Reports
More than 2,500 illegal boat migrants have drowned to death or have gone missing in the Mediterranean Sea this year, the U.N. reported.
Migrant Deaths in Mediterranean Jump to Highest Level Since 2017, with 441 Dead in First Three Months of the Year
January to March of this year was the deadliest first quarter for migrants crossing the central Mediterranean since 2017, with 441 deaths.
Pope Francis Calls for Tearing Down ‘Walls of Indifference’ Toward Migrants
Pope Francis has called for people to become “more supportive” in welcoming migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Africa into Europe.
New Migrant Route Opens to Spain, With Arrivals Trebling in 2017
A third migrant route appears to be opening up across the Mediterranean as the number of migrants landing along Spain’s coastline has tripled this year.
22 Migrants Shot Dead as Gang Warfare Between Traffickers Breaks out in Libya
Twenty-two people have been killed and more than 100 injured in shootouts between rival people trafficking gangs in Libya over the last week, an intergovernmental agency has said.
Migrant Drownings Up As Smugglers Come To Rely On Rescue Vessels
The number of migrants deaths in the Mediterranean has increased sharply this year, even as the overall number of migrants making the risky trip has fallen. The figures have been highlighted in a report by Amnesty International on human rights
Pope Demands Protection For Migrants as Sea Rescue Continues
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is demanding that “every possible measure” be taken to protect young migrants as he marks the church’s World Day of Migrants a day after the latest Mediterranean migrant shipwreck. Italy’s coast guard says only
100 Missing At Sea After Boat Capsizes Off Libya
ROME — A migrant ship carrying around 100 people capsized in the frigid waters off Libya on Saturday and only four survivors had been rescued after hours of searching, aid groups said. Eight bodies were recovered but poor conditions were
UN Migration Chiefs: The Mediterranean Is ‘Cluttered with Sunk Rubber Dinghies’
According to a new post by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the Mediterranean Sea is one of the world’s most dangerous migration routes and is “cluttered with sunk rubber dinghies.”
