The migrant boat had 117 people on board; Photo: File Athens: The migrant boat overturned in the sea of Greece, as a result of which the bodies of 79 drowned people were recovered while 104 migrants were rescued. According to the World News Agency, the migrant boat in the sea of Greece could not withstand…
Grab Twitter. There has been an accident in the sea near Greece where the migrant boat has sunk. According to reports from Athens, 79 migrants drowned in the accident. According to rescue officials, hundreds are missing. Rescue officials further said that 104 passengers of the boat have been rescued. He said that there were possibly…
Latest news reports said the bodies of at least 79 men, women and children had been recovered, with hundreds more potentially dead or missing. The UN migration agency (IOM) estimated that at least 400 had been on board, adding that 104 survivors had been brought to shore by the middle of the day, local time….
File photo 57 people died after two migrant boats sank in the coastal area of Libya. The migrants in the boats are said to be from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Egypt, Syria and Tunisia. According to the Lebanese Coast Guard, 57 migrants died after the boats sank, and the bodies of 11 people, including a child, have…
Since 2014, over 26,000 people have died or gone missing crossing the Mediterranean Sea. Most of these deaths or disappearances, over 20,000, occurred in the Central Mediterranean, considered among the deadliest migration routes in the world. “We are seeing a steep increase in the number of desperate people putting their lives at grave risk,” said…
IOM’s Missing Migrants Project documented 441 deaths during this period, though the true toll is likely to be higher. Investigations continue into several reports of so-called invisible shipwrecks – cases where boats are reported missing but there are no records of survivors or search and rescue (SAR) operations. The fates of more than 300…
File photo 2 people died and 20 are missing after a migrant boat capsized in the sea between Tunisia and Italy. According to news agencies, after the boat accident, rescue personnel saved 22 people from drowning and they have been transferred to the coast of Italy. News agencies say that there were about 40 migrants…
Thousands searching for a better life meet their death crossing deserts, rivers and remote areas in the region. IOM’s Missing Migrants Project, documented 1,433 deaths last year – the highest number since its establishment in 2014. The Project is run by the UN agency’s Global Data Institute (GDI), which this week launched the first Network…
The blaze at the migrant centre which was reportedly run by Mexico’s National Migration Institute in Ciudad Juarez, began during a protest against imminent deportations on Monday night, according to local officials. There were 68 adult men in total staying at the facility, the Institute reported. News reports said that most of the victims are…
Another migrant boat sank in the coastal area of Tunisia. According to the Tunisian authorities, the bodies of 10 passengers of the sinking boat were recovered. Tunisian authorities also say that a second migrant boat has sunk in Tunisia in a few hours. He said that 29 migrants died in the sinking of the two…
