Migrant Crisis

First group of migrants deported from US arrives in Venezuela

TEHRAN, Feb. 11 (MNA) – Two planes carrying Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States - the first since a January deal between the administration of US Donald Trump and Nicolas Maduro - are heading to Venezuela.

US claims victory in migrant dispute with Colombia

TEHRAN, Jan. 26 (MNA) –  The United States says Colombia has agreed to accept military aircraft carrying deported migrants following threats of tariffs and sanctions by the Trump administration.

At least 12 dead after migrant boat capsizes in France

TEHRAN, Sep. 03 (MNA) – At least 12 migrants died on Tuesday after their boat capsized on its way across the Channel to Britain, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said.

40 migrants killed after boat catches fire off Haiti

TEHRAN, Jul. 20 (MNA) – At least 40 migrants have died and several others were injured after a boat they were traveling in caught fire off northern Haiti, a UN spokesman said on Friday, quoting the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Thirty-nine die after boat capsizes off Yemen

TEHRAN, Jun. 11 (MNA) – At least 39 people from the Horn of Africa have died after their boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and local officials.

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16 dead, 28 missing after boat capsizes off Djibouti coast

TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA) – At least 16 migrants have died and 28 others are missing after a boat capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Tuesday.

Four migrants drown off Greece's Lesbos island

TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) – Four migrants drowned off the Greek island of Lesbos while trying to cross the sea from nearby Turkey, the Greek coast guard said.

18 killed as wildfires in Greece burn for fourth day

TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) – Eighteen burned bodies, possibly of migrants, were found on Tuesday in a rural area in northern Greece where wildfires have been burning out of control for a fourth day, the fire brigade said.

At least 63 feared dead after boat found off Cape Verde

TEHRAN, Aug. 17 (MNA) – More than 60 people are believed to have died after the boat they were travelling on from Senegal was found off Cape Verde, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday.

6 dead as migrant boat sinks in English Channel

TEHRAN, Aug. 12 (MNA) – Six people died and dozens were rescued when a boat carrying migrants capsized Saturday in the English Channel, according to French authorities.

51 migrants missing, 4 dead after boat sinks off Tunisia

TEHRAN, Aug. 07 (MNA) – At least four migrants died and 51 were missing after a migrant ship sank off Tunisia's Kerkennah island, a judicial official said.

At least 6 migrants killed after boat sinks off Morocco

TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) – At least six migrants died after their boat sank off Morocco, sources reported on Friday.

Report:

300 migrants traveling from Senegal to Spain missing

TEHRAN, Jul. 10 (MNA) – As many as 300 migrants traveling in 3 boats from Senegal to Spain have gone missing, news outlets reported.

10 migrants missing, 1 dead after boat sinks off Tunisia

TEHRAN, Jul. 09 (MNA) – At least 10 Tunisian migrants were missing and one died after their boat sank off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, a judicial official said on Sunday.

59 dead after boat with refugees, migrants sinks off Greece

TEHRAN, Jun. 14 (MNA) – At least 59 people have died and more than 100 were rescued after a fishing boat carrying refugees and migrants capsized and sank off the southern coast of Greece.

At least 20 migrants missing after boat sinks off Tunisia

TEHRAN, Apr. 08 (MNA) –At least 20 African migrants were missing on Saturday after their boat sank off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy.

30 migrants missing, 17 rescued in shipwreck off Libya

TEHRAN, Mar. 13 (MNA) – Thirty people are missing and 17 were rescued in the central Mediterranean on Sunday after the boat in which they were travelling from Libya capsized in bad weather, Italy's coastguard said.

Death toll in Italian coast boat wreck rises to 59

TEHRAN, Feb. 27 (MNA) – A wooden sailing boat, believed to be carrying more than 100 migrants, broke apart off the southern Italian coast, killing at least 59 people, including 12 children, local authorities have said.

40 dead as migrant boat breaks apart off Italy

TEHRAN, Feb. 26 (MNA) – The Italian coast guard has spotted about 40 bodies after a migrant boat broke apart in rough seas off the southern coast of Italy’s mainland, media reported on Sunday.

Dozens of migrants missing after boat sinks off Greek island

TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) – Greece rescued nine migrants and was searching for dozens of others believed to be missing after their boat sank off the island of Evia early on Tuesday, the coast guard said.

Man attacks UK border force center, kills himself

TEHRAN, Oct. 30 (MNA) – A man threw petrol bombs attached with fireworks at a centre for processing migrants in the southern English port of Dover on Sunday and then killed himself.

46 people found dead inside tractor-trailer in San Antonio

TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) – Forty-six people were found dead and 16 others were taken to hospitals after a tractor-trailer rig containing suspected migrants was found Monday on a remote back road in southwest San Antonio, officials said.

1 died, 26 missing after dinghy capsizes off Canary Islands

TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) – One migrant died and 26 were missing after their dinghy capsized in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Spain's Canary Islands, the Spanish Coast Guard told news sources on Tuesday.