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The bodies of three migrant girls have been recovered by the Greek coastguard after their dinghy hit rocks on Chios Island in Greece. 19 migrants were rescued and the coastguard said three patrol vessels were looking for other possible survivors. The...

On Thursday, Greece was accused of inadequately investigating the circumstances surrounding a migrant boat sinking that claimed the lives of hundreds six months ago. The joint report by leading international human rights groups, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, asserts...

Survivors of a tragic migrant shipwreck that occurred three months ago off Pylos, in southern Greece, are suing authorities. They allege a lack of rescue efforts before the vessel capsized in international waters. The incident, which unfolded in mid-June,...

Four children were among five people who died in two separate migrant boat sinkings off the islands of Lesvos and Samos in Greece on Monday. The coast guard said four people died and 18 were rescued after a boat carrying...

Former US President Barack Obama highlighted uncomfortable parallels between the media coverage surrounding the Titanic sub and the migrant boat disaster off Greece last week. Speaking in Athens on Friday before the news broke of the Titanic submarine disaster in...

Nine Egyptians have been charged with human trafficking offenses following the migrant boat disaster off Greece last week that claimed hundreds of lives. They will remain in custody until their trial. The suspects, arrested last week in the port of...

The survivors of the migrant boat disaster off Greece last week have been sharing their harrowing stories as the search for hundreds of migrants missing continued Tuesday. On Monday two more bodies were recovered by the Greek Coast Guard near...

Questions were raised over Greece's official response to the migrant boat disaster last week that claimed the lives of hundreds of people. Pakistan says 300 of its citizens perished in the Ionian Sea. About 750 men, women and children were...

Ten suspects allegedly involved in Wednesday's migrant boat disaster in Greece have been arrested in Pakistan.

Officials have expressed fears that as many as 100 children may have perished when a migrant boat with hundreds on board capsized off Greece on Wednesday. Greek officials said the boat may have been carrying as many as 750 people....