According to the United Nations, about 186,000 migrants or refugees arrived in Southern Europe in 2023 so far. The majority of Southern Europe's refugees and migrants departed from Tunisia or Libya, ...

Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris is proposing to purchase a deserted Mediterranean island and develop it into a ...

At least six people have been killed, with another 40 still missing, after a rubber dinghy carrying refugees capsized Tuesday in the Mediterranean Sea off the Italian island of Lampedusa. Only 10 ...

The large majority of the 137,000 people who crossed the Mediterranean Sea into Europe during the first six months of 2015 were fleeing from war, conflict or persecution, making the Mediterranean ...

Migrants trying to reach Europe are vanishing in droves on ‘invisible shipwrecks’ - The beginning of 2026 was the deadliest ...

AMMAN, Jordan — Thaer al-Rahal knew if he didn't do something drastic, his 3-year-old son could soon die of leukemia. He was a Syrian refugee in Jordan, but the United Nations refugee agency couldn't ...

BARI, Italy — The year has gotten off to a slow start for a rescue ship that typically plies the Mediterranean Sea looking for migrants and refugees in distress. The Ocean Viking has been impounded, ...

Lampedusa: At least 27 migrants and refugees drowned on Thursday following a tragic shipwreck off the coast of the Italian island of Lampedusa, according to a statement by the United Nations High ...