Aquarius migrant rescue ship quits after facing ‘sustained campaign’
The charity-run migrant rescue ship Aquarius will end its missions in the Mediterranean, with humanitarian group MSF blaming Italy and…
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US shuts border post as migrants try to cross from Mexico
by Yemeli Ortega with Sandy Huffaker in San Ysidro Agence France Presse TIJUANA, Mexico (AFP) -- US officials briefly…
8 years ago
Italy Senate passes government’s anti-migrant decree
ROME, Italy (AFP) -- The Italian Senate on Wednesday cleared the way for far-right leader Matteo Salvini's tough anti-migrant…
8 years ago
A hundred dead after two migrant boats sank off Libya this month: MSF
PARIS, France (AFP) -- More than 100 migrants, including at least 20 children, died when two boats sank off the…
8 years ago
Spanish rescue ship heads home after dramatic rescue
ITALY (AFP) - A Spanish NGO that saved a woman off Libya who was drifting on a deflated dinghy next…
8 years ago
19 drown, dozens missing as migrant boat sinks off Cyprus
by Odul Asik Ulker Agence France Presse NICOSIA, Cyprus (AFP) -- At least 19 migrants drowned and up to…
8 years ago
UN urges Libya not to detain rescued migrants
TRIPOLI, Libya (AFP) - The head of the United Nations' migration agency called Thursday on Libyan authorities not to detain…
8 years ago
Social security chief says Italy needs more migrants
ROME, Italy (AFP) -- Italy needs more migrants in order to pay for the population's pensions, the country's social security…
8 years ago
Malta detains second migrant rescue ship as hundreds die at sea
VALLETTA, Malta (AFP)--Malta on Monday stopped a second migrant rescue ship from leaving its port, as the UN refugee agency…
8 years ago
Merkel, rebel minister agree migrant deal to avert govt crisis
by Frank Zeller © Agence France-Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel reached a deal Monday on migration…
8 years ago
Future of Merkel coalition in doubt as interior minister offers to resign
by Ralf Isermann with Tom Barfield in Frankfurt Agence France-Presse MUNICH, Germany (AFP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition…
8 years ago
Q&A: Will Europe’s migrant deal end the crisis?
by Katy Lee and Jacques Klopp Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- European leaders hailed a deal thrashed…
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