Seven rescued, 21 missing after migrant shipwreck off Italy’s Lampedusa while at least 12 migrants dead after vessel capsizes in Channel
Rome, Italy Reuters Seven people were rescued and 21 people were missing at sea after a migrant shipwreck off the island of Lampedusa, the Italian coast guard said on Wednesday. The survivors, all male Syrian nationals, were picked up from a semi-sunken boat about 10 nautical miles south-west of Lampedusa, a statement said. Coast guard […]
UK charities seek injunction to block migrant deportations to Rwanda
London, UK Reuters Human rights groups said they had submitted papers at the High Court in London on Wednesday to get an injunction to halt next week’s planned deportation of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda, a plan that has drawn widespread criticism. Britain’s government announced in April it had struck a deal to send […]