Europe Migrants

• At least 31 migrants dead after U.K.-bound boat sinks in English Channel

  A joint French-British search operation for survivors was still under way late Wednesday.

  World

  Nov 24, 2021
  
• ‘Impossible routes’: Hundreds of migrants dying while crossing treacherous Atlantic

  Migrants and asylum-seekers are increasingly crossing a treacherous part of the Atlantic Ocean to reach the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago near West Africa, in what has become one of the most dangerous routes to European territory.

  World

  Sep 2, 2020
  
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• Turkish president threatens Europe with refugees as Syria conflict escalates

  NATO envoys held emergency talks at the request of Turkey, a NATO member, and scores of migrants began converging on Turkey’s border with Greece.

  World

  Feb 28, 2020
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• Over 100 migrants were on boat that capsized in Mediterranean Sea, survivors say

  It appeared to be the latest tragedy on the dangerous central Mediterranean route from North Africa to Europe.

  World

  Jan 19, 2019
• Pope Francis urges Europe to help 49 migrants stranded on rescue vessels

  Pope Francis has appealed to European leaders to show concrete solidarity to 49 migrants stranded aboard a pair of rescue vessels. 

  World

  Jan 6, 2019
• 10 migrants, one trafficker killed in Greece highway collision

  A speeding car carrying migrants collided with a truck in northern Greece on Saturday, killing 11 people, police said.

  World

  Oct 13, 2018
• 60 migrants rescued from dinghy afloat in Mediterranean sea after spotted by Spanish ship

  While European politicians bickered about where the migrants should go, those rescued by the Open Arms were jubilant — jumping, chanting and hugging their rescuers.

  Politics

  Jun 30, 2018
• Migrants meet with hostility, no matter which side of the Atlantic they land on

  On both sides of the Atlantic, migrants flooding across borders by the hundreds each day have met a hostile reception and governments unable to agree on how to cope with the arrivals.

  World

  Jun 26, 2018
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• Boat carrying 692 migrants arrives in Spain after being turned away by Italy

  The migrant rescue boat ended a gruelling voyage which has made it a symbol of Europe's failure to agree on immigration.

  World

  Jun 17, 2018
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• Pope Francis likens refugee holding centres to concentration camps

  Pope Francis urged governments to get migrants and refugees out of holding centers, saying many had become "concentration camps."

  World

  Apr 22, 2017