At least 39 people are dead while 165 others are rescued when two boats sink off the coast of Tunisia while trying to reach Lampedusa, Italy. 2021-03-9
Greek riot police clash with hundreds of migrants near the Diavata refugee camp, attempting to enter North Macedonia, after rumours were circulated on social media that the border would be open. 2019-04-6
Italy Interior Minister Matteo Salvini threatens to return 177 migrants who have been aboard an Italian coast guard ship for days to Libya. 2018-08-19
Two ships, MV "Lifeline" and MV "Alexander Mærsk", carrying hundreds of rescued migrants, await a port to disembark. The commercial Maersk ship rescued migrants following a request from Italian authorities but Italy and Malta have refused permission to dock. 2018-06-24
Greek authorities rescue 340 people from a boat carrying around 700 migrants that capsized 75 nautical miles off the Greek island of Crete. So far nine bodies have been recovered. 2016-06-3
Around 200 migrants storm the French port of Calais, near the Channel Tunnel to Britain, after a demonstration in support of migrants living in the nearby Calais jungle camp, with approximately 50 of them boarding the P&O Ferries operated MS "Spirit of Britain" cross-border ferry. The port was closed following the incident. 2016-01-23
Germany's refugee crisis coordinator Peter Altmaier says, in an interview with German magazine "Focus", that he and Austrian special minister Josef Ostermayer are working on a proposal for a common European asylum law. He added other countries such as France and The Netherlands would be approached soon. 2015-12-19
Riots break out in the western Dutch town of Geldermalsen over plans to establish a centre for asylum seekers in the town. Local police say they made several arrests. Including this year's arrivals, the Dutch government said in November it expected to receive 58,000 asylum seekers by the end of 2016. 2015-12-17
The United States White House announces the U.S. will give $419 million more in humanitarian aid to assist Syrian refugees and the countries that are hosting them. 2015-09-21
Hungary makes a fifth arrest in relation to the death of seventy-one migrants in a truck in Austria. 2015-08-30