On Friday, January 13, the United Nations Human Rights Office appealed to the Greek authorities not to prosecute aid workers who saved the lives of migrants at sea.The Greek authorities had begun the trial of 24 volunteers on charges of “espionage, f...

By AFPSoutheast Asian politicians called Tuesday for the rescue of a boat carrying as many as 200 Rohingya refugees including women and children stranded at sea for several weeks.Thousands of the mostly MuslimRohingya, heavily persecuted in Myanmar,...

European interior ministers welcomed Friday an EU plan to better coordinate the handling of migrant arrivals, after a furious row over a refugee rescue boat erupted between Italy and France.France has accused Italy of failing to respect the law of th...

Twenty-two Malian migrants died in a boat disaster off the Libyan coast, the UN said Tuesday, citing survivors who reported victims drowning and dehydrating with three children reportedly among the dead.After nine days at sea, 61 survivors, mostly fr...

More than 100 migrants were rescued early Sunday off the island of Mykonos in the Aegean Sea and four are missing, the Greek coastguard said.Port police responded to a distress call sending three boats and a tug boat to help the stricken vessel which...