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Google map image of Obock in Djibouti where a boat capsized killing several people. At least 109 migrants were killed, including 15 children, and some 116 were missing after a boat sank off the shores of Djibouti overnight on October 8-9, a UN agency said Sunday (October 11, 2026). Survivors said the vessel — which…
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Rohingya refugees crew a fishing boat in the Bay of Bengal. File (Image used for representational purpose only) | Photo Credit: Reuters More than 500 people are feared dead after reports that two boats carrying members of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority have capsized in the Bay of Bengal, officials said on Thursday (July 16, 2026)….
French gendarme used a tractor to pull a damaged migrants’ boat after a failed attempt to cross the English Channel that led to the death of 8 people near the beach of Ambleteuse, northern France on September 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP At least eight people died during a failed attempt to cross the…
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At least 13 people have died when a migrant boat sank off Yemen, also leaving 14 missing, a U.N. agency said Sunday (August 25, 2024), in the latest disaster on the perilous migration route. “Thirteen people have tragically lost their lives and 14 others remain missing after a migrant boat capsized off the coast of…
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Villagers search through a landslide in Pogera village, in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, on May 26, 2024. The International Organization for Migration feared Sunday the death toll from a massive landslide is much worse than what authorities initially estimated. | Photo Credit: AP The International Organization for Migration on May 26 increased its…
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The UN’s International Organisation for Migration said the biggest increase in deaths was on the Mediterranean Sea. File | Photo Credit: AP A total of 8,565 migrants died on land and sea routes worldwide last year, the U.N. migration agency said March 6, a record high since it began tallying deaths a decade ago. The International…