Migrant workers need more support, warn unions
Unions have urged employers and the Scottish Government to do more for migrant workers ahead of Brexit.
migrants
New migrant caravan sets out in Honduras
Several hundred Honduran migrants, many carrying young children, have set out in a caravan for the country’s border with Guatemala, hoping to reach the United States.
Greek riot police and migrants clash for third day
Hundreds of protesting migrants have clashed with police for a third straight day outside an overcrowded refugee camp.
Three migrants charged in Malta over oil tanker hijack
Three teenage migrants have been charged in Malta with seizing control of a merchant ship and using force and intimidation against the crew, which is considered a terrorist crime under Maltese law.
Italy blames ‘pirates’ after Malta foils hijack of tanker that rescued migrants
Italy’s hardline interior minister has branded the migrants who hijacked a tanker as pirates while aid groups blamed European Union policy for the incident which was ended by the intervention of a Maltese special operations team.
Family of four among migrants found in boats off Kent coast
A family of four with two young children were among 18 migrants found on boats in the English Channel near the Kent coast in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Ship taken back from migrants after Med hijack arrives in Malta
A Maltese special forces team has boarded a tanker that had been hijacked by migrants rescued at sea, and returned control to the captain, before escorting it to a Maltese port.
Fourth consecutive day of migrant crossings in English Channel
A group of Iranian men have been rescued as attempts by migrants to cross the English Channel in small boats continue for the fourth consecutive day.
Small boat migrants ‘don’t fear being returned once they reach UK’
Migrants are paying thousands of pounds to cross the English Channel in the belief that they will never have to leave once they reach the UK, MPs have heard.
Iranian asylum seeker relives ‘miracle’ of boat rescue in Channel
An Iranian asylum seeker who spent eight hours clinging to a dinghy battered by rough waves in the English Channel has relived the “miracle” of his rescue.
Father reveals daughter’s trauma after failed bids to escape Calais ‘hell’
A father seeking asylum in Europe has described how brutal conditions in Calais have traumatised his daughter as he re-lived their failed bids to cross the English Channel in a small dinghy.
Soldier with gambling debts jailed for smuggling migrants
A soldier “desperate” for money joined a ring of migrant smugglers so he could pay off spiralling gambling debts prompted by the horror of seeing his best friend killed in action, a court has heard.
Migrants finally allowed to disembark from ship moored off Sicily
Europe’s latest migrant stand-off has come to a conclusion as 47 migrants kept at sea for nearly two weeks while Italy pressured European countries to take them in finally disembarked from their rescue ship in Sicily.
Italy told to give food and water to migrant rescue ship staffed by Britons
The European human rights court has told Italy to provide food, water and medical care to the ship stranded off Sicily containing 47 migrants and four British rescuers.
Pop star: Scary moment I found migrant stowaways in my tour bus heading for UK
An international pop star said she found two stowaways hiding inside her tour bus as she prepared to enter the UK from continental Europe.
‘Imprisoned’ British migrant rescuers plead for Foreign Secretary’s help
Four British rescuers stranded off Sicily while facing an investigation for supposedly assisting illegal migration have called on the Foreign Secretary to intervene to free them and the 47 people they saved from the sea.
UK to step up pressure to return migrants to France, Immigration Minister says
Britain will step up pressure to return to France migrants who have crossed the English Channel, the Immigration Minister has pledged.
Immigration Minister pledges to step up pressure to return migrants to France
Britain will step up pressure to return to France migrants who have crossed the English Channel, the Immigration Minister has pledged.
Another 23 migrants intercepted in Channel by UK Border Force
A further 23 migrants have been intercepted by the Border Force in the English Channel, bringing the weekend total for arrivals to almost 40.
Sixteen migrants detained as three boats land on UK shores
Sixteen male migrants have been detained after three small boats landed on UK shores, authorities said.