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Save lives, UN agencies appeal, after yet another tragedy in the Mediterranean

Three UN agencies on Thursday appealed for greater access to safe and regular pathways for migration and asylum in the European Union after another deadly shipwreck claimed dozens of lives in the Mediterranean. more

Shipwreck on Italy's southern coast leaves over 30 migrants dead

Shipwreck on Italy's southern coast leaves 30 migrants, including babies, dead

Migrant deaths in Libyan desert ‘wake-up call’ for stronger protections

New York: The UN migration agency on Friday deplored the deaths of at least 20 migrants in the Libyan desert and renewed its call for stronger migrant protection along the Chad-Libya bord ...

Deaths at sea on migrant routes to Europe almost double, year on year

New York: More than 3,000 people died or went missing while attempting to cross the Mediterranean and the Atlantic last year, hoping to reach Europe, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on ...

‘Solidarity with migrants has never been more urgent’: Guterres

New York: In a message just ahead of International Migrants Day, celebrated on Saturday, the United Nations Secretary-General said that expressing solidarity with migrants on the move, &l ...

Ant-migrant protesters clash with Syrian refugees in Ankara

Houses and shops owned by Syrian refugees in an area of Turkey's capital Ankara were vandalised and burned after reports of alleged killing of a local teenager surfaced.

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