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Members of the migrant caravan push forward at a gate separating Guatemala from Mexico in Ciudad Tecun Uman, Guatemala

Thousands of migrants in US-bound caravan enter Mexico

Thousands of migrants who are part of a US-bound caravan condemned as unwelcome by US President Donald Trump have begun moving into Mexico, shadowed by hundreds of police en route to the border city of Tapachula.

World • 21 Oct 18

Aerial view of the migrant caravan heading to the US

Mexico reopens border to migrant women and children

Mexican authorities have allowed dozens of women and children from the Honduran migrant caravan to pass into its territory, the country's ambassador to Guatemala has said.

World • 20 Oct 18

Moroccan naval vessel patrolling off the north African country's coastline

Moroccan navy fires at speedboat carrying migrants

A Moroccan woman has died and three people were injured after the Moroccan navy opened fire on a speedboat with illegal migrants onboard.

Morocco • 26 Sep 18

Spain's new government has made €40m available to regions willing to take the minors

10,000 migrant minors in Spain without their parents

The Spanish government estimates that 10,000 migrant minors are alone on Spanish soil without their parents.

Spain • 05 Sep 18

The UNHCR said about 72,000 people had arrived in Italy, Greece and Spain between January and July

More than 600 migrants rescued off Spanish coast

More than 600 migrants have been rescued in the Mediterranean as they attempted to make the perilous crossing to Spain, the Spanish coastguard has said.

World • 03 Sep 18

Spain has registered almost 21,000 migrants this year, almost more than in the whole of last year, according to the International Organisation for Migration

Almost 400 migrants rescued off Spanish coast

Almost 400 migrants were rescued in the Mediterranean this weekend as they attempted to make the crossing from Morocco to Spain, Spanish rescue services have said.

Spain • 05 Aug 18

More than 19,580 people have landed on Spanish shores so far this year

Over 1,200 migrants rescued off Spain in two days

Officials in Spain have said they have rescued more than 1,200 migrants from the sea in the last two days, as the country's interior minister called for a European-wide solution to illegal immigration.

Spain • 29 Jul 18

Migrants from sub-Saharan Africa were rescued

Spain rescues nearly 500 people at sea in one day

Spanish rescue services have rescued nearly 500 people from the Mediterranean in a single day as they attempted to reach the country's coast.

Spain • 25 Jul 18

The International Organisation for Migration says more than 1,400 migrants have lost their lives in the Mediterranean this year

340 migrants rescued while crossing Mediterranean sea

Spanish rescuers have saved more than 340 migrants in the Mediterranean, including one person from north Africa who was attempting the crossing on board a truck tyre.

Migrants • 14 Jul 18

The US government missed a Tuesday deadline to reunite children under five with their parents or guardians

US vows to reunite young migrant children and parents

All migrant children under the age of five who were separated at the US-Mexico border will have been reunited with their parents by early today if they were eligible, a Trump administration official said in a statement.

US • 12 Jul 18

The Open Arms vessel arrived in Barcelona today with 60 migrants on board

Ship with 60 migrants on board docks in Barcelona

A ship belonging to Spanish non-governmental organisation Proactiva Open Arms has docked in the port of Barcelona with 60 migrants rescued off the Libyan coast on board.

Europe • 04 Jul 18

Angela Merkel has a difficult balancing act to perform

Merkel's migrant deal leaves questions unanswered

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has struck a deal with rebels in her conservative camp to further close the country's doors to asylum seekers, but questions remain for Germany and Europe.

News Lens • 03 Jul 18

Protesters try to block a bus carrying migrant children out of a US Customs and Border detention centre in Texas

US judge bars separations, orders families reunited

A US federal judge has ruled that US immigration agents could no longer separate immigrant parents and children caught crossing the border from Mexico illegally, and must reunite those families that had been split up in custody.

US • 27 Jun 18

Around 25 migrants from the Lifeline boat will be given refuge in Ireland

Ireland to offer refuge to some Lifeline boat migrants

The Government has agreed that Ireland will offer refuge to around 25 migrants who are currently on a boat stranded 30km off the coast of Malta.

Politics • 26 Jun 18

Thousands of children were separated from their parents at the US border

US Immigration: 'Are you the mother?'

It took 85 days for Olivia Caceres to get her baby boy, pulled from his father's arms at the US border, a traumatic experience many more parents face to reunite with children separated under President Donald Trump's immigration policies.

US • 22 Jun 18

Italy has taken in some 650,000 boat migrants over the past five years

Call for EU solidarity ahead of migrant summit

All EU countries need to help southern neighbours, where most migrants are arriving, European Commissioner Guenther Oettinger has said.

World • 22 Jun 18

People on board the Aquarius react as the ship approaches Valencia

Aquarius rescue ship arrives at Spanish port

The Aquarius migrant rescue boat which was turned away by Italy and Malta arrived at the Spanish port of Valencia, ending a gruelling voyage which has made it a symbol of Europe's failure to agree on immigration.

World • 17 Jun 18

Around 600 migrants are on board the ship, seven days after being rescued at sea

France to take in some migrants from Aquarius ship

Spain has said it has accepted an offer from France to take in some migrants and refugees from the Aquarius rescue ship, currently en route to Spain with more than 600 people on board.

World • 16 Jun 18

Four men jailed over murder of migrants in Hungary

Four men have been sentenced to 25 years in jail by a Hungarian court for the deaths of 71 migrants who suffocated in a lorry nearly three years ago.

Europe • 14 Jun 18

People on a rubber boat off the coast of Libya await rescue

Political storm gathering for rescue ship Aquarius

After two years at sea in which it has saved nearly 30,000 people, the Aquarius rescue ship is charting a course for a head-on collision with European governments.

News Lens • 12 Jun 18

The ITF says four fishermen 'have been left stranded' in Dublin

Migrant fishermen scheme 'not fit for purpose'

The International Transport Workers' Federation in Ireland has said that a scheme set up to protect migrant workers on board Irish fishing vessels is "not fit for purpose".

Ireland • 17 Apr 18

Migrants and refugees are trying to cross the Mediterranean and come ashore at Melilla

Bodies of 20 migrants recovered from Mediterranean

Moroccan rescue services have recovered the bodies of around 20 migrants in the Mediterranean, a spokeswoman for the Spanish enclave of Melilla said.

World • 04 Feb 18

Emmanuel Macron said he would get tough on police who use excessive force

Macron vows no return to Calais migrant camps

French President Emmanuel Macron has said he would not allow another makeshift migrant camp to mushroom in the northern port city of Calais.

Calais • 16 Jan 18

The incident off Libya is believed to be the first migrant shipwreck of 2018 (file pic)

At least 25 migrants feared dead in shipwreck off Libya

At least 25 people are feared to have drowned in a shipwreck off Libya after a dinghy, possibly carrying some 150 migrants, ran into trouble, two rescue organisations said today.

World • 06 Jan 18

Archbishop Wojciech Polak has threatened to suspend anti-migrant priests

Polish Catholic leader to suspend anti-migrant priests

The leader of Poland's Catholic Church has said he will suspend any priest who takes part in anti-migrant demonstrations.

News • 19 Oct 17