Migration

Abducts, extorts and murders East African migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea

People in the four countries will be allowed to apply for entry to the United States using an app on their phones while still in their home countries

The climate crisis is increasingly a factor in driving the migrants who arrive in Italy to leave their homelands, according to the 'Immigrazione 2022' report released by the Idos research centre on Monday. The report, prepared in collaboration with the...

Migrants who risk their lives to cross the Mediterranean to Europe on flimsy boats often piloted by people-smugglers, are at greater risk of dying now than for years, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday. Latest data visualisation figures from UNHCR, shows...

More than 3,000 people died or went missing while attempting to cross the Mediterranean and the Atlantic last year, hoping to reach Europe, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday, appealing for $163.5 million to assist and protect thousands...

Amidst all that is written about the dangers of migration from South to North America, we rarely hear of the Darién Gap, a hazardous route that links South and North America, and that has long been used by migrants trekking...

Following the death of a baby during an interception at sea off the southeast coast of the island of Trinidad on Sunday, UN agencies have expressed their deep sadness and called for stronger measures to protects refugees and migrants. The vessel carrying...

Per leggere su questo in italiano, qui. Seven years ago, in 2012, fourteen Somalian and Eritrean nationals proved that Italy had violated the European Convention on Human Rights with its practice of intercepting migrants on the Mediterranean and bringing them...

The number of international migrants globally reached an estimated 272 million in 2019, an increase of 51 million since 2010. Currently, international migrants comprise 3.5 per cent of the global population, compared to 2.8 per cent in the year 2000,...

According to the “World Population Prospects 2019: Highlights” the current world population is 7.7 billion. It is estimated that by 2030 there will be 8.5 billion people on earth, and by 2050, 9.7 billion people, the population possibly reaching its...