At least five Moroccan nationals have died in the latest shipwreck off Western Sahara, according to a rights group. Attempts by migrants to reach Europe from Africa's northwest coast are on the rise.

Almost two-thirds of Germans are against abolishing the individual right to asylum in the EU, a new survey has found. It comes on the heels of a corresponding and widely criticized proposal by a conservative German politician.

As the International Conference on Development and Migration was held in Rome on July 23, opposition voices and NGOs convened for their own migration summit, where they voiced their staunch opposition to Italy's and the EU's burgeon1

At least 16 migrants have died in a boat accident off the coast of the Senegalese capital Dakar in West Africa. According to police, the boat was sailing on the Atlantic Ocean towards Spain's Canary Islands when it hit a rock and sa1