Turkey will miss an end of June deadline to meet the EU’s conditions for securing visa-free travel throughout the Schengen zone. This was confirmed by the European commission following the issuing of a progress report on the controversial migration deal. The next report is due...
A boat with about 700 people has overturned about 75 nautical miles south of Crete. The Hellenic Coastguard said it rescued 342 migrants so far. Four bodies were recovered from the site, which is in international waters. Sources in Egypt, say, the boat is likely a...
The Libya Red Crescent says it recovered 117 bodies from beaches of the coastal town of Zuwara on Thursday in an operation that started early in the morning and ended at 10:30pm. The latest tally was confirmed by the LRC in the morning. They bodies are believed to be migrants...
At least 1,000 migrants are now believed to have died in a series of shipwrecks that took place off Libya in the last week of May, making it the deadliest week for a year and one of the worst on record. https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=7ggx-wtIwoE The tally was revised upward by the International...
One in every ten respondents in a global survey said they would welcome refugees in their homes, while 80% overall said they would want their country to provide shelter. [caption id="attachment_5786" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Photo: Moas.eu/ Jason Florio[/caption] Respondents in China, Germany and the UK emerged as overall...
A group of 41 migrants who were rescued from a drifting vessel off Greece have reported that as many as 500 people may have died when their vessel sunk at an unconfirmed location between Libya and Greece. [caption id="attachment_5746" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Stock photo of migrant boat off Libya...
UPDATED: At least 21 Rohingya Muslims were killed on Tuesday morning after their boat capsized off the coast of Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State in Western Myanmar, which is home to large IDP camps. One-third of the roughly 60 passengers on board remain unaccounted for, according...
As a new government takes over, political tensions chafe in Myanmar's ethnically divided westernmost state [caption id="attachment_5624" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Rohingya children at Say Tha Mar Gyi IDP camp, near Sittwe, Myanmar, on May 26, 2015 (Alex Bookbinder).[/caption] A new civilian president was sworn into office in Myanmar on March...
The end of ‘emergency rule’ and limited returns by displaced Rohingyas are positive developments in Myanmar’s restive Rakhine State – but the core issues remain unaddressed [caption id="attachment_5579" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] A woman and two young children walk on the outskirts of Say Tha Mar Gyi IDP...
Global search and rescue charity MOAS (Migrant Offshore Aid Station) will begin a new mission in South East Asia on March 3 in the Andaman Sea. [caption id="attachment_5489" align="alignnone" width="1024"] A fishing vessel sits on a beach in Teknaf, Bangladesh, from where thousands of migrants take...