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Mediterranean Migrant Deaths Hit Record Early-2026 Toll as Crossings Decline

Rescue organizations warn that bureaucratic port assignments are hampering life-saving missions.

Guterres Says Migration Is Not a Crisis, Urges States to Act on Global Compact

IOM Says 53 Dead or Missing After Migrant Dinghy Capsizes Off Libya

At Least 53 Dead or Missing After Migrant Boat Sinks off Libya, IOM Says

Greece Arrests Suspected Smuggler After Deadly Chios Boat Collision

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

UN Says Hundreds May Be Missing After Central Mediterranean Shipwrecks

UK Begins Seizing Phones From Small-Boat Arrivals Under New Border Law

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

Channel Crossings Surpass 2024 Total as Franco‑British Return Pact Shows Strain

Human Rights Watch Urges Italy to Scrap Libya Migration Pact Before Nov. 2 Renewal

Libya’s Eastern Forces Offer UK Cooperation to Stop Migrant Boats Before They Reach Europe

Tripura to Repatriate Five Bangladeshi Labourers as Assam Detains 10 Rohingya

Two Children Among Three Dead in Channel Overnight as UK Reports Separate Fatality

Two Migrant Boats Capsize Off Lampedusa, Dozens Killed

French Rescues Persist as Channel Crossings Climb After New Migration Deal

300 Migrants Continue Northward March in Mexico After Leader’s Arrest

Franco-British One-for-One Migrant Exchange Scheme Launches

UK and France Begin One-for-One Swap of Channel Migrants for Safe-Route Entrants

Germany’s First-Time Asylum Applications Halved as Tightened Border Checks Continue