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A group rests after being rescued in the waters of the Strait of Gibraltar

Spain rescues almost 600 migrants at sea in one day

Spanish coastguards have rescued nearly 600 people from 15 boats and a jet ski in the waters between Morocco and Spain.

Almost 600,000 migrants have arrived in Italy over the past four years, the vast majority setting sail from Libya

German NGO halts migrant rescue operation off Libya

German aid group Sea Eye has said it is suspending its migrant rescue operations in the Mediterranean, citing security concerns after Libya barred foreign vessels from a stretch of water off its coast.

migrants • 13 Aug 17

The LÉ William Butler Yeats took 109 people on board (Pics: Defence Forces)

Irish Navy rescues 109 migrants off Libyan coast

The LÉ William Butler Yeats rescued 109 migrants off the coast of Libya, following a request from the Italian Maritime Rescue Co-Ordination Centre.

World • 31 Jul 17

Amnesty International has accused the EU of deliberately turning its back on migrants

Amnesty accuses EU of turning its back on refugees

Amnesty International has accused the European Union of deliberately turning its back on migrants and refugees, contributing to a rising number of deaths at sea.

News • 06 Jul 17

Austrian police pictured at the Brenner Pass border crossing point in May 2016

Austria plans to impose controls on Italian border

Austria is planning to impose border controls and possibly deploy troops to cut the number of migrants crossing from Italy, defence officials said.

Brenner Pass • 04 Jul 17

Rescued migrants are pictured being brought aboard the Irish Navy vessel

LÉ Eithne rescues over 700 migrants in Mediterranean

The LÉ Eithne has rescued more than 700 people during a number of rescue operations in the Mediterranean today.

Ireland • 25 Jun 17

LÉ Eithne rescues hundreds of migrants in Mediterranean

Over 700 refugees have been rescued in the Mediterranean Sea in an operation involving an Irish naval vessel.

World • 17 Jun 17

More than 45,000 people have been rescued and brought to Italy so far this year

Hundreds of migrants rescued in the Mediterranean

Over 480 people have been rescued in the Mediterranean as they attempted the perilous crossing from north Africa, with seven bodies also recovered, Italy's coastguard said.

World • 14 May 17

Libya is the main departure point for migrants hoping to reach Europe by sea (File pic)

97 migrants missing after boat sinks off Libya

Close to 100 migrants are feared missing after their boat sank off the Libyan coast near Tripoli, a coastguard official said.

World • 13 Apr 17

Call for 'pathway to papers' to enable immigrants to regularise their status

Undocumented in Ireland call for regularisation

Illegal or undocumented migrants living and working in Ireland are calling on the Government to regularise their status.

Ireland • 16 Mar 17

Germany took in some 890,000 asylum seekers in 2015 at the height of Europe's refugee crisis

Anti-migrant attacks on the rise in Germany

Germany saw more than 3,500 attacks against refugees and asylum shelters last year, interior ministry data showed, amounting to nearly 10 acts of anti-migrant violence a day as the country grapples with a record influx of newcomers.

News • 27 Feb 17

Red Crescent shared images taken of the scene on social media

74 found dead in Libya after engine taken off boat

The bodies of at least 74 migrants have been found washed up on the shore in western Libya after the engine of their inflatable boat was stolen, coastguard and aid officials said this afternoon.

News • 21 Feb 17

Funding of up to €5,000 available to local organisations that work with families and individuals who have made Ireland their home

New initiative to boost migrant integration

Community groups around the country are being encouraged to make a greater effort to welcome migrants and refugees, with the launch of a new initiative to boost integration.

News • 07 Feb 17

Taoiseach Enda Kenny is among the European Union leaders in Malta for the summit

EU leaders back Libyans to curb new migrant wave

European Union leaders placed a bet on Libya's fragile government to help them prevent a new wave of African migrants this spring, offering Tripoli more money and other assistance to beef up its frontier controls.

News • 03 Feb 17

The migrants were rescued from overcrowded rubber boats

1,000 migrants rescued off Libyan coast

Some 1,000 migrants have been saved from leaky boats in the central Mediterranean and one person was found dead, Italy's coast guard has said.

News • 28 Jan 17

Number of migrants on Greece's islands and mainland dropped by 79% in 2016

EU: Huge decline in migrant arrivals in 2016

The number of migrants arriving in Europe by two main sea routes in 2016 plunged by almost two-thirds to 364,000 compared with the previous year, EU border agency Frontex has said.

News • 06 Jan 17

Around 80 refugees a month will be received in Ireland from now on

131 refugees from Greek camps to come by Christmas

The Minister for Children has said that 131 refugees from camps in Greece will be received in Ireland before Christmas.

News • 12 Dec 16

28 migrants were found at Dublin Port over the past two years

124 migrants found at Irish ports in two years

Figures released to RTÉ News from the Garda National Immigration Bureau show 124 migrants were found at Irish ports over the past two years trying to enter the country.

News • 25 Nov 16

Angry migrants set car tyres on fire and threw stones at around 250 police officers

Migrants, police clash in refugee camp in Bulgaria

Around 1,500 people have rioted in Bulgaria's largest refugee camp, triggering clashes that left two dozen police injured and prompted the arrest of hundreds of protesters, officials said this morning.

News • 25 Nov 16

Thousands of people are fleeing war and poverty in Africa

365 migrants drown crossing Mediterranean - IOM

At least 365 migrants and refugees have drowned in the past three days in the Mediterranean in six incidents.

News • 18 Nov 16

4,220 lives have been lost in the Mediterranean so far this year

More than 230 migrants die in shipwrecks off Libya

At least 239 migrants have died in two shipwrecks off Libya, the United Nations has said.

News • 03 Nov 16

Over the past three years more than 470,000 migrants have reached Italy by boat

Italy accused of abusing migrants' human rights

Italy has committed human rights abuses that may amount to torture in some isolated cases as it tries to process the details of tens of thousands of migrants arriving by boat from Africa, Amnesty International has said.

News • 03 Nov 16

Frances Fitzgerald told the Dáil what the Government has done in relation to the resettlement and relocation programme

Tánaiste defends response to migration crisis

Tániaste and Minster for Justice Frances Fitzgerald has defended Ireland’s humanitarian response to the migrant crisis.

News • 02 Nov 16

The Paris operation led to a brief standoff

Police move to clear illegal migrant camp in Paris

French riot police moved to clear an illegal migrant camp in northeastern Paris, sparking a brief standoff at a site where numbers have soared since the closure of the ‘Jungle’ camp in Calais.

News • 31 Oct 16

A care worker brings a child to a reception point outside the 'jungle'

In Pictures: Calais 'Jungle' evacuation

The mass exodus of refugees and migrants from the Calais "jungle" camp is under way with thousands of people being transported to other regions in France.

Gallery • 29 Oct 16