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Death toll up to 28 after migrant boats sink off Djibouti: IOM
Two boats carrying migrants bound for Yemen departed from Godoria on the Horn of Africa nation's northeast coast, IOM said, but capsized in heavy seas about 30 minutes into their journey on Tuesday.
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Almost 500 migrants brought back to Libya after foiled attempts to reach Italy
The 473 people found trying to cross the Mediterranean on inflatables since Saturday included some who were rescued by a cargo ship, an official said.
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'We are not fish': Migrants stranded at sea grow frustrated
The Sea-Watch 3, a vessel run by a German humanitarian group, plucked 32 people from an unsafe boat off the coast of Libya on 22 December.
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'Aquarius' migrant rescue ship quits after facing 'sustained campaign'
The vessel, chartered by SOS Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders (MSF), has been stranded in Marseille, in the south of France.
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Migrants tend to be healthier, live longer - study
Populist arguments that migrants pose a health risk and a burden to health systems are myths used to drive anti-immigrant sentiment.
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Italy adopts tough anti-migrant law
The bill, which makes it easier to expel migrants and limits residency permits, was passed in the lower house of parliament with 396 in favour to 99 against.
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22 migrants missing off Morocco after boat capsizes
Three people, all with Moroccan nationality, managed to swim to shore and alert the authorities after the vessel hit trouble off the southern province of Tiznit, the outlet said.
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Trump threatens to shoot migrants who throw stones at US military
Donald Trump said a group of several thousand migrants walking through Mexico towards the US border had thrown rocks 'viciously and violently' at Mexican police.
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[WATCH] Trump defends calling himself a nationalist
US President Donald Trump defends calling himself a nationalist and suggests that there are terrorists in the migrant Caravan making its way through Mexico to the US.
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Tunisia struggles to host migrants saved at sea
While Tunisia is striving to manage its migrant population, the European Union has suggested the country could play host to a "disembarkation platform" to process those rescued at sea.
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2018 a particularly deadly year for migrants – aid workers
So far, 1,549 people have drowned marking what has become the world’s deadliest crossing.
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African migrants protest in Italy after road deaths
Thousands of migrants work in the southern heel of Italy during the summer months, harvesting tomatoes.
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US government says it will detain migrant children with parents
The US government said in a court filing on Friday that it has the right to detain children and parents caught crossing the US border illegally.
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3 migrants killed, 7 injured in northern Greece car crash
The van’s driver, thought to be a trafficker, fled the scene.
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Survivors report 220 migrants drowned off Libya in recent days - UNHCR
The Libyan coast guard picked up 762 migrants trying to reach Italy in rubber boats during the past two days alone, its spokesman said.
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4 men get 25 years behind bars in migrants truck case in Austria
A court in Hungary heard the accused must have known the migrants and refugees were going to die in the sealed container as the oxygen ran out and they ignored their pleas for help.
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Death toll in Tunisian migrant ship accident rises to 46 - defence ministry
Human traffickers increasingly use Tunisia as a launch pad for migrants heading to Europe as Libya’s coast guard, aided by armed groups, has tightened controls.
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[WATCH] America lost track of over 1,400 immigrant children
The federal government has placed thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children in the homes of sponsors, but last year it couldn't account for nearly 1,500. CNN's Tal Kopan reports.
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[WATCH] Migrant saves young child dangling from Paris balcony
A young Malian migrant is being lauded in France after he scaled the outside of a building in Paris to rescue a young child dangling from a balcony. CNN reports.
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Police in Bosnia turn back buses carrying 270 migrants
The decision reflects tension over how to deal with more than 4,000 migrants who have entered the country this year.
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Suffering for migrants in Libya 'worse' since fall-off in sea crossings
Migrants are being trapped for longer by armed groups that are trying to extort more money from them through torture, said two volunteers who work with migrant communities in Tripoli.
