A collision between a bus and two other vehicles killed at least 76 people in western Afghanistan, local officials said on Wednesday. The bus was carrying Afghan migrants who had been living in Iran and were returning home to Kabul.
Two more migrant smugglers are awaiting sentence in the UK after being found guilty of facilitating illegal entry and fraud. The two were arrested and charged with providing migrants with false passports so they could fly into Brita1
Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi has said that the number of irregular migrant landings has decreased this summer, speaking in the wake of a double migrant shipwreck off Lampedusa last week. He said that shipwrecks can be1
According to the NGO Alarme Phone Sahara, at least 35 migrants are thought to have died in the Niger desert, on their way to Europe, since the beginning of the year.
Migrant landings are continuing to be reported in Spain, in particular on the Balearic Islands. On Saturday, August 16, four boats carrying a total of 63 people were rescued off the island of Formentera.