A child is among at least five people who have died while trying to cross
Children among those killed in second fatal incident in two weeks close to the Horn of Africa, says UN agencyAt least 21 people have died after a boat capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the UN’s migration agency has said.It was the second fatal maritime accident in two weeks off the Horn of Africa nation, which lies on the perilous so-called eastern migration route from Africa to the Middle East. Continue reading
International media, citing authorities in Central Africa, have reported that over 50 people in the capital of the country lost their lives after a boat capsized. The incident occurred on Friday, April 19th, in the Bangui River, near the capital of the Central African Republic, on the occasion of a village chief’s funeral procession. However, […]
Officials say those aboard were returning home to Ethiopia from Yemen and some are still missing.
Twenty one migrants died and another 23 are missing after a boat carrying 77 people capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the second such incident in two weeks, the United Nations migration agency said on Tuesday. The boat's occupants included children, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a
Britain's new law allowing the deportation of undocumented asylum seekers to Rwanda is sparking fear among migrants who have come to France in the hope of crossing the Channel to England.Incredulity and trepidation spread in a makeshift camp at Loon-Plage, a town near Dunkirk on the northern French coast, where migrants were waiting for a chance to cross the water.Many said they realised that even if they reached their destination, they could quickly find themselves bundled onto a flight to...
Five more people died in the English Channel on Tuesday, underscoring the risks of crossing one of the world’s busiest sea lanes in overloaded inflatable boats just hours after British lawmakers approved a controversial migrant bill to stop the traffic.
Five people, including a child, died while trying to cross the English Channel from France to the U.K., French authorities said Tuesday, just hours after the British government approved a migrant bill to deport some of those who entered the country illegally to Rwanda.
Some 6,265 people have arrived in Britain by dinghy since January, the Home Office said yesterday - a 24 per cent rise on the same period of 2023.
The deaths, including a child, come hours after the government passed the controversial Rwanda deportation plan.
The father, who was on the overloaded boat, collapsed in tears after he was rescued from the sea and brought back to shore by the French Coast Guard this morning.
The angry senior officer complained to north France 's coastguard when his vessel was stopped from entering Dunkirk harbour to let migrant boats sail past to the UK.