Migrant crisis
11 days agoRescued migrants land in Sicily amid new exodus from Libya
Some 600 migrants rescued at sea arrived on Friday in Sicily.
12 days agoScores of migrants, including children, found crammed into van in Greece
Police in northern Greece have rescued 54 migrants found squashed into a van.
26 days agoGovernment will not support regularisation of undocumented migrants
The Dail has been told the government does not support proposals to regularise the position of undocumented migrants here.
33 days ago100 migrants missing after shipwreck off Libya
An estimated 100 migrants are missing after a shipwreck off Libya’s west coast, the country’s coast guard said.
41 days ago56 children among more than 150 migrants rescued from Black Sea
More than 150 migrants have been rescued by Romania's coast guard from a ship in distress on the Black Sea.
56 days agoRome considers using buildings confiscated from Mafia to house migrants
Authorities in Rome are looking into whether buildings confiscated from the Mafia can be used to house migrants.
75 days agoSmugglers throw 280 migrants into sea. 50 dead, 30 missing
Smugglers have thrown some 280 migrants into the sea off the coast of Yemen in the last two days, causing more than 50 to drown and leaving over 30 missing, the UN migration agency has said.
75 days agoLÉ William Butler Yeats rescues 149 people off Libya
The migrants were found drifting in a rubber craft about 47 nautical miles North East of Tripoli this morning.
76 days agoUp to 50 migrants ’deliberately drowned’ off Yemen coast by smuggler: UN
The United Nations migration agency says up to 50 migrants from Somalia and Ethiopia have been "deliberatelydrowned" when a smuggler forced them into the sea off Yemen’s coast.
103 days agoIrish Naval service approved to join 'Operation Sophia' followed motion approval
The Dáil has approved Ireland's participation in a European programme to disrupt human trafficking in the Mediterranean.
112 days agoAustria ready to 'protect' borders against migrants
Austrian foreign minister Sebastian Kurz says his country is ready to "protect" its border with Italy.
118 days agoItaly threatens to close ports to some migrant rescue ships
Italy has threatened to close its ports to aid groups rescuing migrants off Libya's coast as it struggles to cope with the highest rate of rescues this year, officials said.
130 days agoLÉ Eithne rescues 135 migrants off coast of Libya
Irish ship the LÉ Eithne has rescued 135 migrants from an inflatable craft off the coast of Libya.
194 days ago97 missing after migrant boat sinks, says Libyan coast guard
Ninety-seven migrants are missing and believed drowned after their Europe-bound boat sank on a crossing of the Mediterranean Sea, the Libyan coast guard has said.
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