ATHENS, Greece—A search and rescue operation is underway Friday near Greece’s island of Lesbos along the maritime border with Turkey, after an inflatable dinghy carrying migrants apparently sank, authorities said. Ten people had been rescued and another three were believed to be missing, Greece’s coast guard said. Two coast guard patrol boats, a vessel from…
Turkey Detains 200 Afghan Migrants En Route to Italy: Coastguard
ISTANBUL—Turkish authorities have intercepted a boat carrying more than 200 Afghan migrants in the Aegean sea heading for Europe, Turkey’s coastguard and the International Organization for Migration said on Wednesday. The interception near Turkey’s western shores came as hundreds of Afghans cross into eastern Turkey from Iran, after a rise in violence in their own…
Search Continues Off Greek Island for Missing Migrants
ATHENS, Greece—Greek authorities say a search and rescue operation is continuing off the coast of the southern island of Crete for several people believed missing a day after a boat carrying dozens of migrants sank in high winds. Greece’s coast guard said three vessels were involved Friday in the search and rescue operation southeast of…
US Concerned by Flow of Migrants From Belarus to Lithuania
VILNIUS—The United States is concerned about the flow of Middle Eastern and African migrants from Belarus into Lithuania, a U.S. diplomat said. Lithuania began building a 320-mile razor wire barrier on its border with Belarus on Friday after accusing Belarusian authorities of flying in migrants from abroad to send illegally into the European Union. “We…
Afghan Man Arrested in London Over People-Smuggling Ring
An Afghan national believed to be a leading member of an international people-smuggling network has been arrested in north London. Gul Wali Jabarkhel, 32, who was in the UK illegally, was detained by National Crime Agency (NCA) officers in Colindale on Thursday evening. Jabarkhel is suspected of being a high-ranking member of a significant Afghan…
Hundreds of Rescued Migrants Disembark in Southern Italy
ROME—Hundreds of migrants disembarked from a humanitarian rescue ship in Augusta, Sicily on Friday after Italy offered a safe port in response to warnings that food was running out and tensions were rising on board. The SOS Mediterranee rescue group said the sick and young were the first of the 572 migrants to disembark from…
Lithuania Toughens Belarus Border With Razor Wire to Bar Migrants
VILNIUS—Lithuania began building a 550-km (320-mile) razor wire barrier on its border with Belarus on Friday after accusing Belarusian authorities of flying in migrants from abroad to send illegally into the European Union. The government said the military-style wire coil would cost 4.9 million euros ($5.81 million) to put up and run along most of…
Spanish Police Arrest 2 for Migrant Tragedy in Atlantic
BARCELONA, Spain—Spanish police said Wednesday that they have arrested two people for their alleged responsibility in the deaths of more than 20 migrants who perished last month while trying to cross the Atlantic Ocean to the Canary Islands. Police said in a statement that they detained the suspected human trafficker and the suspected captain of…
Rescue Boat With Hundreds of Migrants on Board Asks EU to Find It a Port
ROME—A charity group asked the European Union on Tuesday to find a port where it can dock to disembark hundreds of migrants it has rescued in the central Mediterranean over recent days. Some 572 people, including 183 minors, are currently onboard the Ocean Viking vessel, the SOS Mediterranee organisation said after it picked them up…
At Least 43 Migrants Drown in Shipwreck Off Tunisia, Red Crescent Says
TUNIS—At least 43 migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy, while another 84 were rescued, the Tunisian Red Crescent told Reuters on Saturday. The boat had set off from Zuwara, on Libya’s northwest coast, carrying migrants from Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, and Bangladesh, the humanitarian…
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