People fleeing renewed fighting in Democratic Republic of Congo disembarked from overcrowded boats in Goma on Wednesday, ...

More than 40 Pakistanis were feared to have drowned in the capsizing of a boat off West Africa’s Atlantic coastline, which ...

A Syrian today became the first UK-bound migrant of the new year to die in the English Channel after being 'crushed to death' in an overcrowded small boat. The unnamed man, who was in his 20s ...

Migrant smuggling gangs are launching more overcrowded boats than ever before as police attempt to destroy their supply chains. The Refugee Council said in an alarming report published on Thursday ...

Spain's sea rescue service, Salvamento Maritmo, published a photo of the rescue showing the naked newborn baby girl surrounded by migrants in the small, overcrowded boat that had over 60 people on ...

He said that his son sent a voice message to his cellphone in which he said that the boat in which they were traveling was already overcrowded and 25 other people had forcibly boarded it.

Reports indicate that most of the casualties occurred due to severe weather and violence on the overcrowded boat. Survivors faced dire conditions, including food and water shortages, during their ...