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IOM Warns of Record-Start Mediterranean Deaths as 2025 Toll Hits 7,667

The U.N. migration agency links deterrence-focused policies to riskier journeys that are proving increasingly lethal.

At Least 15 Bodies Wash Ashore on Italian Beaches

Cranston Inquiry Finds Deaths in 2021 Channel Disaster Were Avoidable, Urges End to Small-Boat Crossings

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

Six Italian Officers Go on Trial Over 2023 Cutro Shipwreck

Channel Crossings Surge to Record December Day, Pushing 2025 Total to 41,455

World Press Photo 2025 Opens in Barcelona With Gaza Portrait Named Photo of the Year

Libya Shipwreck Off Sabratha Leaves 18 Dead, Dozens Rescued, Children Missing

Clashes As Mexican Authorities Move on Migrant Caravan in Pijijiapan

UNHCR: Violence Drives Migration as Mexico Overtakes U.S. as Primary Destination

Three Dead, Including Two Minors, and Three Missing in Separate Channel Crossings Off Pas-de-Calais

At Least 69 Dead as Migrant Boat From Gambia Capsizes Off Mauritania

Turkey, Italy and Libya Agree on Joint Migration Plan and UN Election Roadmap

Migrant Dies Off Équihen Beach as Prosecutor Opens Inquiry

Rueda Deepens Galicia–Northern Portugal Alliance by Honoring Porto and Braga Mayors

Greece Enacts Three-Month Asylum Moratorium, Detains Sea Arrivals

Greece Suspends North African Asylum Claims After Libya Bars EU Delegation

French Gendarmes Slash Migrant Boat Hull in Shallow Waters Off Pas-de-Calais

Shackled Bodies of Migrants Recovered Off Majorca as Murder Investigation Expands

Italy’s Supreme Court Pauses Migrant Detention Plan in Albania and Refers Dispute to EU Court