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Greek coastguards prosecuted for migrant tragedy - groups

17 members of Greece's coastguard have been prosecuted over the country's deadliest migrant shipwreck, which claimed hundreds of lives, rights groups representing the survivors and victims said Friday.

World • 27 May

Since President Donald Trump entered office four weeks ago, thousands of migrants have been deported from the US

US deports 135 migrants to Costa Rica

The United States deported 135 migrants of various nationalities, including 65 minors, to Costa Rica yesterday, according to the Costa Rican government.

World • 21 Feb

Migrant healthcare assistants are calling for urgent reform of work permit earnings rules which they say are prolonging separation from their families

Migrant healthcare assistants protest over separations

Migrant healthcare assistants held a protest outside the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment calling for urgent reform of work permit earnings rules which they say are prolonging separation from their families.

Business • 14 Feb

Employers are changing their behaviour in using language flexibility to widen its pool of candidates

Language flexibility could help ease labour shortages

2.4% of job postings for Ireland now explicitly state that applicants do not need to be able to speak English, a new report has revealed.

Business • 16 Oct 24

The study showed that 18% of those surveyed disagree that Ireland should welcome people who move here (stock pic)

Majority agree Ireland should welcome migrants - survey

Almost two-thirds of people, 64%, agree that Ireland should welcome people who move here to make a better life for themselves or their families, according to a new survey.

Business • 29 Aug 24

The HSE hasd the "broadest criteria" for applicants, the research shows

97% of public jobs workers are 'white Irish' - research

Research on equality in the Irish public service found that 97% of people working in public jobs were white Irish and that strict eligibility criteria made it far too difficult for migrants to apply for roles.

Business • 24 Jun 24

Since 10 April the IPO has been operating a second location to accept applications for international protection for families accompanied by children under the age of 18

Families processed away from Mount Street IPO Office

The State is now using a second location to process asylum seeker applications due to "space constraints" at the International Protection Office at Timberlay House on Lower Mount Street in Dublin city centre.

Ireland • 08 May 24

Wooden crosses made with the remains of boats used by migrants to cross the Mediterranean in a cemetery on Lampedusa

Mediterranean has become 'cemetery' for children - UN

The number of people who died or went missing while trying to cross the Mediterranean this summer has tripled since last year, the UN said, adding it had become a "cemetery" for children.

Europe • 29 Sep 23

People begin arriving at the accommodation barge

First migrants arrive on board UK accommodation barge

A barge moored in a port in the UK could house 500 asylum seekers by the end of the week, a British Home Office minister has said.

UK • 07 Aug 23

Salvamento Maritimo said it is continuing to search for migrants off the Canaries

Rescuers continue search for migrants off Canaries

Spain's coastguard is looking for three migrant boats reported lost at sea by an NGO a day after rescuing scores of migrants from another vessel near the Canary Islands.

World • 11 Jul 23

Rescued people find shelter at a depot, following the shipwreck off Greece

The Mediterranean's deadliest migrant disasters

The sinking of an overloaded migrant boat off Greece has added to the grim number of people killed in the Mediterranean while trying to reach Europe.

Europe • 15 Jun 23

The deal would allow countries unwilling to receive irregular migrants and refugees arriving ad hoc to the EU to instead help their hosting peers through cash, equipment, or personnel

EU reaches long-stalled deal on refugee hosting

Home affairs ministers from the European Union's 27 member states gathered today to try and pass an elusive agreement on how to share the responsibility of caring for refugees and migrants.

Europe • 08 Jun 23

After surviving a five-week sea journey, Rohingya migrants disembark at North Aceh, Indonesia on November 16 (File pic)

Appeals to save 200 Rohingya still adrift off Thailand

Regional politicians say "it is disgraceful that a boat filled with men, women, and children in grave danger has been allowed to remain adrift", and demand action as 200 men, women and children remain at risk.

Migrants • 20 Dec 22

The deal will see increased patrols on France's northern beaches

UK, France sign deal over illegal migrant crossings

The UK and France have signed a new agreement to work together to stop migrants crossing the Channel to England in small boats.

UK • 14 Nov 22

Hungarian police said that the driver of the vehicle was a Georgian national (file pic)

Man arrested in Hungary after migrants die in collision

Three migrants have died and 11 were injured in a collision in southern Hungary that police believe was caused by a human trafficker.

World • 05 Aug 22

The Greek coastguard said that those rescued reported that there are still more people missing (file image)

Over 100 migrants rescued off the Greek island Mykonos

More than 100 migrants have been rescued off the island of Mykonos in the Aegean Sea and four are missing, the Greek coastguard said.

World • 19 Jun 22

Turkish officials say they have no information yet about the migrants' nationalities

Turkey says migrant toll at Greek border up to 19

The frozen bodies of seven more migrants have been discovered close to the Greek border, Turkish officials said today, bringing the death toll to 19.

World • 03 Feb 22

Pope Francis speaks to children who lined up to meet him on the island of Lesbos

Pope calls neglect of migrants 'shipwreck'

Pope Francis has returned to the island of Lesbos, the migration flashpoint he first visited in 2016, to plead for better treatment of refugees as attitudes towards immigrants harden across Europe.

World • 05 Dec 21

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin (C) speaks next to Belgium's Interior Minister Annelies Verlinden at the meeting

Surveillance plane to monitor Channel migrant crossings

France has announced that the EU's border agency is to deploy a plane 24-hours-a-day over the Channel coast to monitor migrant crossings, after pushing its European partners for help in cracking down on people-smuggling.

World • 28 Nov 21

FGM is internationally recognised as a human rights violation of women and girls

Women's group in call for support for FGM survivors

The migrant women's networking group, AkiDwA, is reiterating its call for a national action plan on female genital mutilation (FGM).

Ireland • 29 Sep 21

'We have no dignity': The people aching to enter Europe

With the eyes of the world's media so firmly focused on Covid-19, it's easy to forget long-running stories, such as the plight of thousands of people trying to get to Europe in search of a better life, writes Juliette Gash.

World • 31 Jul 21

The Bab al-Mandab strait separates Djibouti from Yemen

At least 25 migrants dead after boat capsizes off Yemen

The bodies of 25 migrants have been recovered off Yemen after the boat that was carrying them capsized with up to 200 people on board, according to a provincial official.

World • 14 Jun 21

Most of the migrants are from Pakistan and Afghanistan and they include children

'Consequences' for Bosnia over freezing migrants - EU

Bosnia risks "severe consequences" to its reputation if assistance is not urgently given to 1,700 people left without shelter for more than three weeks, the European Union's foreign policy chief has warned.

Europe • 11 Jan 21

The Registration Office on Burgh Quay in Dublin (Pic: RollingNews.ie)

Progress in Ireland's integration policy reported

Ireland's integration policy towards migrants has progressed significantly in the last five years.

Ireland • 09 Dec 20

Rescue workers carry a body off Orzola beach in Lanzarote

Eight dead as migrant boat capsizes off Canary Islands

At least eight people were drowned after a boat carrying more than 35 migrants from the Maghreb region of North Africa and heading towards the Canary Islands capsized yesterday, emergency services said.

World • 25 Nov 20