At least 40 feared dead or missing in shipwreck off Libya, according to UNHCR
A boat carrying dozens of migrants capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya on Tuesday. At least 40 people are missing and are presumed drowned.
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More than 20,000 migrants and Syrian refugees expelled from Istanbul
Close to 21,000 unregistered Syrian refugees and "illegal migrants" have been expelled from Istanbul since mid-July after the authorities had issued a deadline for them to leave the city and return to the provinces where they had re1
Lebanon 'forcibly deported' nearly 2,500 Syrian refugees: Amnesty
According to aid group Amnesty International, Lebanese authorities forcibly deported almost 2,500 Syrian refugees back to Syria in the past three months. Lebanese officials have repeatedly said that Syrian refugees placed a massive1
Activists demand justice for migrant woman killed in Brandenburg, Germany
Justice for Rita – that's what a few dozen activists demanded from the Brandenburg state interior ministry in Potsdam. The 32-year-old migrant had been found dead in the woods near a secluded refugee home in July, more than two mont1
Italy says EU will distribute rescued Open Arms migrants currently on Lampedusa and Sicily
The Italian Interior Ministry said the European Commission is planning to distribute the 80 migrants rescued by NGO rescue vessel Open Arms. The migrants, currently on the islands of Sicily and Lampedusa, will be received by EU coun1