16 dead, dozens missing in shipwrecks TUNIS: Sixteen migrants have died in shipwrecks off the coasts of Tunisia and Western Sahara, officials said Monday,... Published 08 Aug, 2023 06:37am
World ‘Slaughter’ as 30 migrants missing off Italy in rough seas ROME: At least 30 migrants are missing following two shipwrecks off the Italian island of Lampedusa, according to... Published 07 Aug, 2023 07:18am
Print 280 families fear relatives died in boat disaster off Greece ISLAMABAD: More than 280 Pakistani families fear they had relatives who drowned when a migrant boat sank off Greece... Updated 24 Jun, 2023 08:50am
Editorials Boat disaster EDITORIAL: Pakistan observed day of mourning on Monday as bereaved families tried to come to terms with the loss of... Published 21 Jun, 2023 05:52am
World Mexico authorities find 129 migrants packed in cargo truck MEXICO CITY: Mexican authorities found 129 migrants packed into the back of a cargo truck, the National Institute of... Published 19 Jun, 2023 06:55am
Pakistan Pakistani migrant’s final call home foretold Greek tragedy MUZAFFARABAD: Before 21-year-old Pakistani Muhammad Akash boarded a rickety fishing trawler in Libya on a journey he... Published 19 Jun, 2023 06:55am
Print PM orders probe into tragedy ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday ordered an inquiry into the tragic incident of the boat that... Updated 19 Jun, 2023 09:13am
Print 10 trafficking suspects held after boat tragedy MUZAFFARABAD: Authorities arrested 10 alleged human traffickers days after dozens of migrants drowned off the coast... Updated 19 Jun, 2023 09:09am
Print Boat with 400 migrants adrift between Libya and Malta MILAN: A vessel with around 400 people on board is adrift between Malta and Libya and is taking on water, support... Published 10 Apr, 2023 07:06am
World Mexican president vows ‘no impunity’ for 38 migrants’ fire deaths CIUDAD JUÁREZ (Mexico): Mexico’s president on Wednesday vowed there would be “no impunity” over the deaths of... Published 31 Mar, 2023 06:45am
World Greece extends residency rights for migrant children ATHENS: Greece on Wednesday approved a law extending the duration of residence permits for migrant children born and... Published 31 Mar, 2023 06:45am
Print Tunisia recovers 29 bodies after migrant vessels capsize TUNIS: Tunisia’s coastguard said Sunday the bodies of 29 migrants from sub-Saharan African countries had been... Published 27 Mar, 2023 06:15am
World UK defends asylum plan after Nazi comparison LONDON: The British government hit back on Wednesday at critics including the United Nations and football presenter... Published 09 Mar, 2023 06:53am
Opinion Was it really worth the price? Today I was once again reminded of the horrible tragedy in the Mediterranean where eight years ago the two-year-old... Published 04 Mar, 2023 06:10am
Opinion Italy migrant boat disaster—II A wooden crowded boat with migrants smashed into rocky reefs and broke apart while trying to land near Crotone, a... Updated 02 Mar, 2023 07:49am
Opinion Italy migrant boat disaster The United Nations Missing Migrants Project has registered more than 17,000 deaths and disappearances in the central... Published 01 Mar, 2023 06:21am
Pakistan Boat wreck off Italy: 16 out of 20 Pakistanis rescued ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office, on Monday, confirmed that there were 20 Pakistanis aboard the vessel that capsized off ... Published 28 Feb, 2023 06:15am
Print Pakistanis among 59 migrants die in boat wreck off Italy ROME: Fifty-eight people died, including some children, when a wooden sailing boat carrying migrants crashed against... Updated 27 Feb, 2023 08:40am
World EU dangles visa threat over nations refusing to take back migrants STOCKHOLM: EU interior ministers reached “consensus” Thursday to warn outside countries refusing to take back... Published 28 Jan, 2023 06:20am
Opinion EU grapples with asylum reform as migrant entries surge Eight years after facing a refugee crisis in 2015, the European Union is still struggling with how to reform its... Published 26 Jan, 2023 05:58am
World 92 refugees found on Greek-Turkish border ATHENS: Ninety-two migrants were found almost naked and bruised after allegedly being forced across the Evros river... Published 17 Oct, 2022 05:57am
World Two migrants found dead in boat off Canaries MADRID: Two people, including a four-year-old girl, have been found dead on a migrant boat off Spain’s Canary... Published 16 Jul, 2022 04:20am
World Germany plans new path to residency for migrants BERLIN: The German cabinet on Wednesday signed off plans to make it easier for migrants with “tolerated” status... Published 07 Jul, 2022 06:57am
World At Summit of the Americas, US rolls out measures to help migrants LOS ANGELES: The United States rolled out a raft of actions to support migrants on Friday as US President Joe Biden... Published 11 Jun, 2022 06:13am
World Pope sends money for migrants VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has pledged 100,000 euros ($114,000) to help migrants blocked on the border between ... Published 19 Jan, 2022 06:15am
Print All Europe must share responsibility for migrants: Pope VATICAN CITY: All European countries must share the responsibility for taking in migrants and helping them ... Published 23 Dec, 2021 04:23am
World Tunisia navy rescues 78 migrants, one dead BEN GUERDANE: Tunisia's navy rescued 78 migrants on Wednesday and retrieved the body of another after their boat ... Published 15 Dec, 2021 09:25pm
World Six Afghan migrants killed in Iran road crash: report TEHRAN: Six irregular migrants from Afghanistan were killed and five injured in a head-on collision between a car ... Published 14 Dec, 2021 02:04pm
World Hundreds more migrants leave Belarus on Iraq-bound flight MOSCOW: More than 400 migrants who had travelled to Belarus seeking to cross the border into the EU flew home on... Published 05 Dec, 2021 04:26am
Opinion ‘It’s all lies’; migrants stuck at Polish border feel cheated by people smugglers Syrian friends Anas Kanaan, 34, and Mouein al-Hadi, 36, were told by people smugglers that they would easily be able... Published 29 Nov, 2021 06:16am