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Mediterranean Migrant Deaths Near 1,000 After New Shipwrecks, UN Says

The UN migration agency links the surge to thin rescue coverage plus smugglers’ tactics.

At Least 18 Migrants Drown Off Comoros After Smuggler Drop-Off

More Than 15 Bodies Wash Ashore in Calabria and Sicily as Prosecutors Probe Suspected 'Ghost' Migrant Wreck

Italy Detains German NGO Ship for 60 Days in Sicily Over Rescue Conduct

NGOs Say Up to 1,000 Missing at Sea After Cyclone Harry as Official Count Stays Far Lower

Italian SAR Alert Lists 380 Missing After Tunisia Departures as Survivor Reports Fatal Capsizing

Two Dead as 133 Rescued From Migrant Boats in Canary Islands Waters

Two Migrant Boats Intercepted Off Canary Islands, Escorted to Tenerife and El Hierro Ports

Pakistan Bars Beggars and Ill-Documented Travelers From Going Abroad as Crackdown Intensifies

Greece Finds 17 Dead on Migrant Boat Off Crete as Survivors Report 15 Missing

Four Dead After Two Migrant Boats Capsize Off Libya’s Al Khums Coast

UN Says 42 Missing, Presumed Dead After Libya Migrant Boat Capsizes

Maharashtra Orders Blacklist of Alleged Illegal Bangladeshi Migrants, Tells Offices to Cancel Suspect Documents

At Least 40 Drown as Migrant Boat Capsizes Off Tunisia

UK Unveils Second Sanctions Package Targeting Western Balkans Forgers and Smuggling Financiers

Search Continues Off Lanzarote After 55 Rescued, With Several Still Unaccounted For

13-Year-Old Afghan Survives Wheel-Well Flight to New Delhi, Then Repatriated

Mauritania Recovers Dozens After Cayuco to Canaries Sinks, 17 Survive

Mauritania Capsize Kills 69 Migrants, Coastguard Says

SOS Méditerranée Says Libyan Coast Guard Fired on Ocean Viking in International Waters