Migrant Boats

The summer surge in 2015 overwhelmed immigration officers.

At least 880 migrants have died in the Mediterranean Sea over the past week.

Nearly 400 people have drowned trying to cross from Turkey to Greece by boat this year.

The drownings mark the deadliest incident at sea for migrants and refugees so far in 2016.

About 500 people were on board two sinking ships.

Weekly arrivals of 5,000 migrants are putting Greece under enormous strain.

More than 50 percent of the world's displaced people come from Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia.

As thousands die making the perilous journey from Africa to Europe, organized crime is making a killing off migrants—especially if they survive.

Greece, Italy and Spain are straining under the arrival of tens of thousands of migrants.

With thousands of migrants coming ashore, the destination countries have come up with a plan.

Southeast Asian governments are scrambling to resolve the maritime migrant crisis.

Fleeing persecution, Rohingya migrants are being kept at sea by countries that don't want them.

More people have drowned in the Mediterranean this year than in the Titanic disaster.

The leader of the National Front on the U.S. immigration system and Europe's migrant crisis.

EU leaders agree to triple naval search mission in Mediterranean following drowning of 900 people in past week.

Even as more migrants are crossing, the sea route from war-torn Africa is getting more deadly.

Unmanned aircraft could be used to spot migrants boats in trouble, helping to stop further tragedies.

The North African migrants were on seven vessels which were rescued in a single day this week, Italian and Tunisian authorities said on Wednesday.

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Good weather has encouraged migrants to make the perilous journey across the Mediterranean Sea.

A distress signal was sent from the boat

Nearly 350,000 fled war and conflict by sea in 2014, the UN Human Rights Agency said Wednesday.

At least 24 people are dead after a boat believed to be carrying migrants sank near Turkey, adding to the more than 3,000 who have already died this year attempting to get to Europe by sea