migration
146 migrants land in Italy in UN-organized Libya evacuation
Middle East
April 30, 2019
146 migrants land in Italy in UN-organized Libya evacuation
ROME (AP) — A group of 146 asylum-seekers have arrived in Italy as part of a U.N.-backed humanitarian evacuation from…
Rescued migrants safe in Europe after hijacking oil tanker
Middle East
March 29, 2019
Rescued migrants safe in Europe after hijacking oil tanker
VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — A group of migrants desperate not to go back to Libya made it safely to Europe…
Maltese military seizes tanker hijacked by migrants
Middle East
March 28, 2019
Maltese military seizes tanker hijacked by migrants
A tanker that was hijacked by migrants off Libya docked in Malta on Thursday after the Maltese armed forces took…
Italy’s Salvini approves citizenship for ‘his son,’ 13-year-old Egyptian hero
Egypt
March 27, 2019
Italy’s Salvini approves citizenship for ‘his son,’ 13-year-old Egyptian hero
Italy will grant Italian citizenship to an Egyptian boy who saved 50 of his classmates from a hijacked bus, according…
The Latest: Spain busts trafficking gang in northern Africa
Middle East
March 26, 2019
The Latest: Spain busts trafficking gang in northern Africa
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Latest on migrants trying to get to Europe (all times local): 10:15 a.m. Spanish police…
Swiss Foreign Minister to visit Cairo
Egypt
March 24, 2019
Swiss Foreign Minister to visit Cairo
Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis, head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland will visit Cairo on 24 and…
France has no interest in stabilizing Libya: Italy’s Salvini
Middle East
January 22, 2019
France has no interest in stabilizing Libya: Italy’s Salvini
ROME (Reuters) – Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, continuing a war of words between Rome and Paris, said on Tuesday…
More than 150 governments to adopt UN migration pact in Morocco
Middle East
December 10, 2018
More than 150 governments to adopt UN migration pact in Morocco
MARRAKESH, Morocco (Reuters) – More than 150 countries will join a United Nations conference to adopt a global pact…
Brazil closes, then reopens border to Venezuelan migrants
World
August 7, 2018
Brazil closes, then reopens border to Venezuelan migrants
Brazil briefly closed then reopened its northern border to Venezuelans on Monday as it struggled to contain mass migration…
U.S. government says it will detain migrant children with parents
World
June 30, 2018
U.S. government says it will detain migrant children with parents
The U.S. government said in a court filing on Friday that it has the right to detain children and parents…