2023 deadliest year for migrants in a decade: UN

At least 8,565 people died on migration routes worldwide in 2023, making it the deadliest year since records began a decade ago, the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Wednesday.

1,088 Migrants Rescued Off Libyan Coast in Past Week

 The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday that 1,088 migrants were rescued and returned to Libya in the past week.

160 Bangladeshis stranded in Libya return on UN flight - AA

At least 160 Bangladeshi migrants who were stranded in Libya returned home on Wednesday under a UN arrangement.

Second Libya shipwreck raises toll to around 100 in one day | THE DAILY STAR

A shipwreck off the Libyan coast has killed 20 people, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said, just hours after news of a separate incident in which at least 74 migrants died.

EU rolls out new plan to resettle 50,000 refugees in two years

The European Commission rolled out a new scheme on Wednesday to bring at least 50,000 refugees to Europe over the next two years, in a bid to curb illegal human smuggling in the Mediterranean.

L'Italie accusée de payer un groupe armé en Libye pour juguler le flux migratoire

Le gouvernement italien a conclu un accord secret avec un groupe armé libyen, se faisant appeler "Brigade 48", pour empêcher les départs des migrants, rapporte De Standaard jeudi sur la foi de témoignages de "quatre sources bien informées".

Plus de 50 000 migrants sont arrivés par mer en Europe depuis janvier

La barre des 50 000 migrants arrivés par la mer en Europe depuis début janvier a été franchie. Près de 85% d'entre eux ont rejoint l'Italie, a indiqué vendredi l'ONU à Genève.

Over 80,000 Iraqis displaced in west Mosul fighting

More than 80,000 people have fled west Mosul since the battle to retake the area began last month, the International Organization for Migration said on Tuesday.

2016 deadliest year for migrants crossing Central Mediterranean

One in every 42 migrants who crossed the Central Mediterranean route separating North Africa and Italy has died this year, up from one in every 52 in 2015, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reported Friday.

6,500 migrants rescued in Mediterranean in one day

About 6,500 migrants to Europe were rescued off the Libyan coast in 40 coordinated missions, the Italian Coast Guard reported Tuesday.

UN cranes deliver supplies across Jordan - Syrian border

The World Food Programme (WFP) and its partners, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) have been using huge cranes to deliver food, and hygiene kits from the Jordan to displaced persons in Syria -- over a "berm" that separates the two countries, a UN spokesman told reporters here Friday.

Bodies of 120 refugees found on Libya shores in 10 days

The bodies of 120 refugees have washed up on the shores of Libya in the past 10 days, from shipwrecks in the Mediterranean that were not previously known, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday.

Italian Navy Recovers Migrant Shipwreck

The Italian navy Wednesday was raising the wreckage of a boat, believed to have carried at least 700 African migrants, which sank in April 2015.

The number of refugees worldwide reached a record 65 million people

According to the UN, by the end of 2015 65,3 million people became refugees, asylum seekers or were forced to find another place to stay in the country, reports the BBC.

Irish ship, LÉ Róisín rescues 123 people off Libyan coast

Some 123 people have been rescued by the LÉ Róisín from a 12m long rubber vessel off the Libyan coast near Tripoli.

Migrant sea arrivals in EU rise despite newly deployed NATO vessels

Despite the presence of NATO ships in the eastern Mediterranean, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) reported Tuesday that the influx of refugees and migrants in Europe is still growing, with 141,141 maritime arrivals recorded since the start of 2016.

Almost 135,000 migrants reach EU by sea in 2016 (IOM)

Some 134,905 refugees and migrants have reached European soil by sea since the beginning of the year, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Friday.

Italian Navy Finds 4 Dead Migrants, Rescues 700 Others from Six Boats

The Italian navy said over 700 migrants have been rescued from six boats on waters between Sicily and Tunisia on Tuesday, but four others were found dead.

Situation on Greek - FYROM [***] border sparks concern: IOM

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) reported Friday that the situation on Greece's border with the F.Y.R.O.M. (FYROM) is becoming extremely tense amid protests and sporadic rioting by stranded migrants and refugees.

Greece, Italy witness drop in refugee, migrant arrivals (IOM)

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday that a significant decrease in the number of refugees and migrants reaching Greek soil over the weekend had been observed, with only 155 people arriving to the Greek islands by sea on Sunday.