Rescuers race to find over 100 migrants missing off Djibouti coast; search for shipwrecked migrants near Canaries called off
Narobi, kenya/Madrid, Spain Reuters Rescuers are searching for more than 100 migrants off the coast of Djibouti after smugglers forced them to jump into the sea, the UN migration agency said on Wednesday. At least 45 bodies have been recovered from Tuesday’s incident, a death toll that makes 2024 the deadliest year on record for […]
Boat fire kills at least 40 Haitian migrants, IOM reports
Port-au-Prince Reuters At least 40 Haitian migrants were killed at sea after the boat they were traveling on caught fire on Wednesday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Haiti said on Friday. The boat, which was carrying over 80 people, departed from Fort Saint-Michel in Haiti’s north and was headed for the Turks and […]
More than 10 million people displaced by Sudan war, IOM says
Cairo, Egypt Reuters More than 10 million Sudanese, or 20 per cent of the population, have been driven from their homes since the war there began, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday, as the world’s largest displacement crisis continues to worsen. The number is the latest dire figure out of the east […]
UN probing reported mass grave on Libya-Tunisia border
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters The UN human rights chief said on Tuesday that his office was following up on reports of a mass grave in the desert along the Libya-Tunisia border, after the bodies of at least 65 migrants were found at another site earlier this year. Volker Turk denounced widespread violations against migrants and refugees […]
More than 136,000 displaced by spread of war in south-east Sudan, UN says
Cairo, Egypt Reuters More than 136,000 people have fled Sudan’s south-eastern Sennar state since the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces began a series of attacks on towns, the United Nations said on Wednesday, the latest wave of displacement caused by Sudan’s almost 15-month long war. They join nearly 10 million people driven from their homes since […]
UN Haiti chief warns of “catastrophic” impact of gang war displacements
Reuters A top executive at the United Nations’ migration agency on Tuesday warned of catastrophic humanitarian consequences for the spiraling numbers of Haitians forced to flee their homes due to violence fueled by a conflict with armed gangs. “The figures we see today are a direct consequence of years of spiraling violence,” said Philippe Branchat, […]
Migrant shipwrecks off Italy leave 11 dead, more than 60 missing
Rome, Italy Reuters Eleven people died and more than 60 were missing, including 26 children, following two migrant shipwrecks off Italy’s southern shores, aid groups, coastguard officials and UN agencies said on Monday. German aid group RESQSHIP, which operates the Nadir rescue boat, said it picked up 51 people from a sinking wooden boat, including […]
Migration flows: Despite fears in Europe, no surge after Niger junta scrapped ban
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At least 49 migrants dead, 140 missing off Yemen coast, IOM says
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters At least 49 migrants died and 140 others were missing after their boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, the UN migration agency said on Tuesday. The vessel, which departed from Somalia and was carrying 260 migrants, among them Somalis and Ethiopians, the International Organization of Migration (IOM) statement said. Earlier, a […]
More than 670 feared dead in Papua New Guinea landslide, UN agency says
Sydney, Australia Reuters More than 670 people are assumed to have died in Papua New Guinea’s massive landslide, the UN migration agency estimated on Sunday as rescue efforts continued. Media in the South Pacific nation north of Australia had previously estimated Friday’s landslide had buried more than 300 people. But more than 48 hours later […]