One hundred and fifty five Nigerians voluntarily returned home from Libya yesterday, after unsuccessful attempts to cross the Mediterranean meant they had been detained in the north African country....

Mayors from Libya's desert south to its northern shores fear a deal between Tripoli and Rome to fund migrant holding centres in this north African country will simply shift...

Some 11,000 migrants and refugees have crossed the Mediterranean Sea for the safety of Europe since the start of the year until 5 February, figured by the International Organisation...

The United Nations refugee agency and International Organisation for Migration (IOM) called on the Trump administration today to continue offering asylum to people fleeing war and persecution, saying its...

The European Union needs to reach a deal with Libya to curb the flow of migrants trying to sail on smugglers' boats to Italy, Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat...

A record 5,000 migrants are now believed to have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea this year, following two shipwrecks yesterday in which some 100 are feared dead, aid agencies...

Some 68,340 Iraqi have been displaced from the northern city of Mosul since the beginning of the Iraqi security forces' campaign to retake the city from Daesh, International Organisation...

At least 365 migrants drowned in the Mediterranean in the last three days after six boats sank, the International Migration Organisation (IOM) said yesterday. Speaking at a press conference...

Swing said the organisation has enough tents on the ground at Hajj Ali for 300 families

At least 3,800 refugees have died in the Mediterranean Sea so far this year, making 2016 the deadliest year on record, the UN refugee agency said Wednesday. "We are...

An NGO rescue group said today that the crew of a speedboat labelled "Libyan Coast Guard" had attacked a migrant boat packed with some 150 migrants, beating them with...

Residents of Mosul said Daesh was using civilians as human shields as Iraqi and Kurdish forces captured outlying villages in their advance on the jihadists' stronghold. The leader of...

Thousands of Ethiopians trekking through desert heat and war in Yemen for the sake of a low-paid job in Saudi Arabia risk getting stuck in an overcrowded migrant camp...