Migrant Drownings

The Italian Coast Guard recovered six bodies and was searching for up to 40 migrants missing after a rubber dinghy that departed from Tunisia sank in the central Mediterranean, the U.N. refugee agency said Wednesday.

Greece says migrant arrivals have increased by up to 35 per cent since fall 2023 amid rising numbers setting sail from the Libyan coast.

French maritime authorities pulled the bodies of two migrants from the English Channel on Wednesday, pushing the count of dead and missing in French waters so far this year above 50.

The people smuggler-facilitated migrant crisis in the English Channel claimed the lives of another four people Saturday, including a small child who is said to have been “trampled” to death.

Greece’s coast guard says three people died and another five were rescued after a boat carrying migrants ran into trouble off the coast of the eastern Aegean island of Samos.

Several people died early Sunday during a failed attempt to cross the English Channel from northern France, French authorities said.

An illegal migrant died in the English Channel as the crisis continues unabated under the new left-wing Labour Party government in Britain.

An aid group said Saturday it recovered the bodies of 11 migrants off the Libyan coast and transferred them to an Italian coast guard ship.

A rubber dinghy carrying migrants sank off Turkey’s northern Aegean coast on Friday, killing at least 22 people, officials said.

A seven-year-old girl drowned after an illegal migrant boat capsized while trying to cross the English Channel from the beaches of France.

Greek authorities found 84 boat migrants and arrested four individuals, accusing them of being the traffickers that transported them.

Four people were found dead overnight in another suspected drowning of migrants trying to cross the dangerous English Channel from France.

During a portion of an interview with CNN Correspondent Rosa Flores aired on Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Webb County, TX Medical Examiner Dr. Corrine Stern stated that she has never seen this many migrants drown in such a short period

Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents recovered the bodies of 15 drowned migrants during the first seven weeks of the new fiscal year. This as the sector continues to see massive numbers of migrants making the dangerous march across the Rio Grande from Mexico into Texas.

Mexican authorities recovered the bodies of two migrants from the banks of the Rio Grande over the weekend. The drowning marks the 42nd case this year in that particular border city.

A fishing boat carrying dozens of migrants became grounded, killing five people and leaving about 20 missing off the coast of Sicily.

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.

Greek officials said four people died and 18 were rescued after a boat carrying migrants sank off the cost of the island of Lesbos.

Six people died and dozens were rescued when a boat carrying migrants capsized Saturday in the English Channel.

The Greek coast guard said that a ship that went down off the country’s south coast left more than 500 migrants presumed drowned.

The death toll from a migrant boat sinking off the Greek resort island of Mykonos has tripled to nine after another six bodies were found.

Tunisia’s coast guard says it recovered around 210 bodies of migrants under two weeks that have washed up on the African country’s coast.

The Border Patrol conducted a multi-agency water safety exercise along the southern edge of South Padre Island to address the dangers posed to migrants. Agents trained to rescue migrants attempting to enter the U.S. via the Texas Gulf Coast. Monday’s exercise involved CBP Air and Marine units; Rio Grande Valley Sector’s Border, Search, Trauma, and Rescue Team (BORSTAR); and the United States Coast Guard.

A Calais fisherman claims to have witnessed people smugglers pushing migrants into the waters of the English Channel.

A photojournalist captured graphic video of Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents pulling the body of a drowned migrant to the U.S. bank of the Rio Grande. The incident took place in Eagle Pass, Texas, where migrant drownings are now commonplace.

Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents moved quickly to rescue a group of five migrants who were struggling with the swiftly moving currents of the Rio Grande. One agent jumped into the water to save a woman having trouble staying afloat in the river that separates Texas and Mexico.

The chief patrol agent of the Del Rio Sector warned of increasing dangers along the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass. Rains in the area are increasing the currents in a section of the border river where nine migrants drowned this week in a single crossing incident.

The number of migrant bodies recovered from the Rio Grande from Thursday’s border crossing in Eagle Pass, Texas, climbed to nine on Saturday. Border Patrol officials confirmed the recovery of another drowned migrant on the U.S. side of the river.

EAGLE PASS, Texas — At least four migrants drowned following a border crossing by a group of 50 on Thursday. The migrants report many others were swept away as they illegally crossed the rain-swelled Rio Grande.

The death toll in Eagle Pass, Texas, continues to climb after Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents recovered the body of a three-year-old boy from the Rio Grande. Agents also rescued a two-month-old boy who is listed in critical condition after a near drowning.

Mexican authorities found the body of an Angolan migrant child who went missing on May 2 during an illegal border crossing near the Del Rio International Bridge. The young boy disappeared after being swept away along with his brother. The parents survived the crossing.