At least 17 migrants die in bid to reach Spain from North Africa
At least 17 people have died trying to reach Spain in boats departing from North Africa.
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4,000-strong migrant caravan splinters in Mexican state
A 4,000-strong caravan of Central American migrants travelling through Mexico has split up into several groups.
Migrants resume advance towards US border after crossing into Mexico
A growing throng of Central American migrants have resumed their advance towards the US border despite Mexican efforts to stop them.
Migrants cross river into Mexico in bid to reach US
About 2,000 Central American migrants who circumvented Mexican police at a border bridge and swam and rafted across the river from Guatemala have decided to re-form their mass caravan and continue their trek towards the US.
Project aims to set up migrant skills hub
Migrants are to get help matching their skills to secure work in Scotland with the launch of a new project.
Divisions exposed as EU seeks Egypt’s help in stemming flow of migrants
Austria has urged its European Union partners to enter talks with Egypt to help stem the flow of migrants entering Europe from Africa, amid deep divisions over how to manage the challenge.
Juncker plans to send thousands of extra guards to police EU borders
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has unveiled plans to recruit 10,000 staff to the EU’s coastguard and asylum agency to improving border policing and speed up the deportation of illegal immigrants.
More than 100 migrants dead after boat sank, campaigners say
More than 100 people have died in a shipwreck off the Libyan coast and the remaining survivors are being held in detention in the country, a humanitarian campaign group has claimed.
Fruit and veg growers to be allowed to employ up to 2,500 migrants per year
British farmers are to be given the green light to recruit up to 2,500 migrants a year under a new seasonal work scheme.
Italy lets migrants leave ship 10 days after rescue
Italy has allowed all the migrants stuck on an Italian coast guard ship to disembark, 10 days after they were rescued in the Mediterranean Sea.
Migrants begin hunger strike on Italian coastguard ship
Many of the 150 migrants stranded on a coastguard ship for a ninth day have launched a hunger strike out of frustration that Italy will not let them disembark in Sicily unless fellow EU nations pledge to take them, authorities said.
Migrants unable to disembark in Italy amid EU dispute
The Italian coast guard ship Diciotti has arrived in the Sicilian city of Catania with 177 migrants awaiting word on which countries will take them following another standoff between Malta and Italy.
Peru and Ecuador tighten requirements for Venezuela migrants
Two South American nations are stiffening entry requirements for the flood of Venezuelans fleeing their nation’s economic and humanitarian crisis.
Tayside teens help migrants in camp
Six young people from Perth Church of the Nazarene are helping at a migrant camp in Katerini, Greece.
Dundee woman tells of ‘horrifying’ Calais Jungle
A Dundee woman has told of the “horrifying” clearing of the Calais Jungle refugee camp.
Dundee woman travels to Calais with aid for migrants in ‘life-changing’ trip
A Dundee woman has travelled to Calais with vans full of supplies for the hundreds of migrants camped near the French ferry port.