More than three-quarters (77%) of children and young people travelling along Mediterranean migrant routes have reported direct experiences of abuse, exploitation and practices which may amount to human trafficking, according... read more →
An international group of alt-right hipsters who hired a boat to prevent migrants and refugees from crossing the Mediterranean to claim asylum in Europe has reportedly run into trouble after... read more →
Three British nationals have been arrested in France on suspicion of attempting to fly four Albanian migrants to the UK. French police officers detained the men, one of whom is... read more →
Italy has urged its EU neighbours to take in migrant boats and threatened to close its ports as the country struggles to cope with huge numbers of people attempting to... read more →
Nearly eight months have passed since the French government ordered the destruction of the notorious Jungle migrant camp in Calais. Home to at least 7,000 UK-bound would-be asylum seekers, the... read more →
The UN Migration Agency (IOM) has expressed deep concern over the fate of some 260 Somali and Ethiopian migrants being held captive by people smugglers and criminal gangs in Libya.... read more →
People smugglers are taking advantage of a record rise in the number of migrant children travelling alone, according to a new report from Unicef. Across 80 countries in 2015-16, at... read more →
EU officials have criticised China for contributing to the migrant crisis by refusing to crack down on the sale inflatable dinghies to people smuggling gangs. Speaking after a meeting with... read more →
Ten years have now passed since the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, the British toddler who went missing from a holiday apartment in the Algarve region of Portugal while her parents... read more →
NGOs working to save migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean are colluding with people smugglers, an Italian prosecutor has told La Stampa. Speaking with the Italian daily, Sicily-based Carmelo Zuccaro... read more →
