The Central Mediterranean migration route to Europe remains the most active but the rate of people taking irregular journeys on this route has dropped by 64% in the first seven months of the year, according to preliminary data colle1
The Libyan coast guard has intercepted 220 migrants, including women and children, from a distressed vessel near Tripoli. The migrants were later handed over to national authorities.
One migrant drowned on Monday, August 12, before the boat which she was traveling on was rescued by NGOs and coast guard officials. The surviving 145 passengers were taken to the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, which on Monday recorde1
The migrant vessel was traveling to the Canary Islands, as journeys to the archipelago are once again on the rise. In a separate development, some 200 migrants tried to swim from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in North Afri1
From the crack of dawn to the dead of night, the Turkish coast guard said it intercepted six inflatable boats in various locations in the Mediterranean and Aegean Sea on August 11. Turkey also accused Greek authorities of pushing ba1