At least three people died after a migrant boat ran into difficulties crossing the English Channel in the early hours, the government has said. The BBC’s Nick Eardley said a person close to the situation said 43 people had been…
Airline hired to carry migrants from UK to Rwanda pulls out of scheme
An airline hired to carry migrants from the UK to Rwanda has pulled out of operating any further such flights after pressure from campaigners. The Government used a plane run by Privilege Style when it tried to remove people to…
The first bus carrying migrants from the US-Mexico border in Texas arrives in Chicago, officials say
The state of Texas, which for several months has bussed thousands of newly arrived migrants at the US-Mexico border to New York City and Washington, DC, has set a new metropolitan area as a destination: Chicago. Undocumented migrants on board…
Migrants targeted in South Africa after gang rape outrage
Residents of a South African township near Johannesburg have set ablaze the homes of migrants they believe are illegally working in disused local mines. There has been widespread anger after a large group of miners were accused of the gang…
Fight for life as Polish services pull migrants from freezing swamp
Four migrants from Syria and Iraq were rescu ed from a swamp in Poland near the border with Belarus late on Tuesday in a life-or-death operation as bitter winter conditions set in, security services said. While the number of migrants…
8 migrants drown after forced off boat by smugglers
At least eight migrants have drowned and 12 are missing after human smugglers forced them off a boat near Djibouti, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Another 14 migrants survived and are receiving medical care, a statement said.…
Hundreds of US-bound migrants cross river to reach Mexico (BBC)
Hundreds of migrants have waded into a river on the southern Mexico border as they try to reach the United States. The migrants, mainly from Honduras, took to the water after being refused permission to cross a bridge over the…
Nine migrants picked up in a boat off British coast (Guardian)
British officials have picked up nine migrants who were trying to cross the English Channel aboard an inflatable boat, French authorities said Wednesday, a day after 17 others succeeded in reaching Britain in a stolen fishing boat. “Overnight towards 4.00…
UN launches radio talk to educate Nigeria’s illegal migrants (Nation)
The UN migration agency has launched a radio series in Nigeria to sensitise vulnerable people seeking to pursue economic opportunities abroad on the perils of irregular migration. The International Organisation of Migration (IOM) said no fewer than 37,550 Nigerians arrived…
Dozens injured as hundreds of migrants storm Spain’s Ceuta border with Morocco (Telegraph)
Some 400 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa reached Spain on Thursday after storming a double barrier between Morocco and the Spanish territory of Ceuta, with some attacking security forces with quicklime, police said. The scramble over the barrier is the biggest…
