Europe migrant crisis
SOS Mediterranee relaunches migrant rescue missions off Libya
SOS Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) "are back at sea with a new vessel, the Ocean Viking, to conduct search and rescue activities in the central...
The European Commission also urged EU member states to admit them earlier this week as concern grows over their plight, with some of the migrants stranded at sea for more than two weeks.
The latest standoff involves 32 migrants who were rescued at sea on 22 December but have not yet been given permission to land anywhere.
Spain has become the main gateway into Europe for migrants and refugees who travel from north Africa, with 55,756 people registered as arriving there by sea in 2018.
Attempts to cross the English Channel have been increasing since October, with authorities on both sides struggling to stop them.
For the analysis, researchers examined data from 96 studies with mortality estimates for more than 15.2 million international migrants in 92 countries.
Graphic showing major global migration statistics by region, according to UN data.
No survivors have been found but local radio stations have asked fishermen to tell authorities if they spot any bodies or passengers still alive.
Joel Millman, spokesman of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), told Reuters: “The boat was adrift since Sunday with 60 people aboard.
The latest deaths bring the total of Mediterranean migrant deaths this year to 1,586, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said.
US President Donald Trump chose last week to pronounce on land reform in South Africa.
A graphic showing the number of people dead or missing per day during the crossing of the Mediterranean towards Europe from January 2014 to August 14, 2018.
The Libyans had left the scene after the two women refused to board their patrol ship along with a boy of about four, it said.
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said Italy would host some of the rescued people if other countries also agreed to share the burden.
Under heavy pressure from voters at home, EU leaders have been fighting bitter battles over how to share out asylum seekers in the bloc.
All the migrants will get special 45-day humanitarian permits to stay, and asylum requests will be assessed, Chief Inspector of Immigration and Border Police Bernardo Alonso said.
The Institute for Economics and Peace estimated that in 2017 violence cost the economy $14.8 trillion - nearly $2,000 a person.
Last week, authorities had cleared out around 1,000 migrants from the larger 'Millenaire' camp, also in northeast Paris.
One member of Macron’s party, Jean-Michel Clement, voted against the bill and said he would leave the majority.