Since 2015, Greece has been a key entry point for irregular migrants and refugees into the European Union. On Monday, the Hellenic Coast Guard confirmed that six children and two women have died after a migrant boat capsized off the Greek island of Samos, sparking renewed calls for enhanced cross-border efforts to combat illegal migration. […]

The chairman of the local government council confirmed that 150 survivors were found. Local authorities in Nigeria reported that at least 60 people died after a boat with 300 passengers was wrecked during a celebration cruise of the Maulid, in the Mokwa Local Government area, in the state of Niger. Related:Nigeria: Rising Water Levels Faced, […]

Local media detail that the boat had only been four kilometers at the time of the incident. The Senegalese Navy, in a statement published on Tuesday, noted that the number of dead after last Sunday’s shipwreck increased to 26, after 17 more bodies were rescued. Related:Senegal Calls for International Isolation of Israel to End Genocide […]

The Italian coast guard has transported on Sunday to the South African island of Lampedusa the 6 bodies it recovered off its shores, several days after a shipwreck in the Mediterranean left 21 migrants missing, including 3 children. RELATED: A Dozen Migrants Die in a Shipwreck in the English Channel The Public Prosecutor’s Office of […]

At least 13 people lost their lives and 14 others remain missing after the shipwreck of a boat carrying migrants from Djibouti on the coast of the Yemeni province of Taiz last Tuesday, the International Organization for Migration announced  (IOM) The European Commission has published a report on the United Nations Conference on Environment and […]

The tanker was transhipping 1,494 metric tons of industrial fuel when it sank in the early hours of the morning approximately six kilometres off the coast of Bataan.

The boat departed seven days before Senegal or Gambia, countries from which most of the travelers came to try to reach the Canary Islands.

According to the official authorities, 15 migrants were rescued and there are still two missing in the waters.

At least 58 people died last Friday in a shipwreck on the M’Poko river, near the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), Bangui, confirmed today the athorities. RELATED: Heavy Rains in Kenya Leave at Least 32 Dead Witnesses to the shipwreck claimed that the wrecked boat, which collapsed in half, was carrying more than […]

The President of Mozambique, Filipe Nyusi, traveled on Wednesday to Mozambique Island, in the province of Nampula (north) and met with relatives of the victims of the shipwreck of April 7, due to which 98 people died, 29 survived and three remain missing. RELATED: Ferry Sinking in Mozambique: Almost 100 People Dead Through social networks, […]