International Organization for Migration

At least 79 migrants died after their boat sank off the Peloponnese, Greece's coastguard said Wednesday, as concern mounted that the death toll could rise much higher.

Some 100 people were rescued after the packed fishing boat capsized in international waters in the Ionian Sea in an operation complicated by strong winds, the coastguard said.

Nearly 3,800 people died on migration routes within and from the Middle East and North Africa last year, the highest number recorded there since 2017, according to data published by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

The Turkish Coast Guard has saved 58 irregular migrants who were stranded in life rafts off the western province of Aydın's Kuşadası district.

The operation took place after Greek elements pushed back the life rafts into Turkish territorial waters. The coast guard swiftly responded to the distress call, dispatching a guard ship to the scene.

The Turkish Coast Guard has saved 84 irregular migrants who were stranded in life rafts off the western province of Aydın's Kuşadası district.

There is a high biohazard in the Sudanese capital Khartoum after one of the warring sides seized a laboratory that stored measles and cholera pathogens and other dangerous materials, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned today.

At least 25 migrants from Africa have died and 15 others are missing after a boat carrying them to Europe sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Tunisia, authorities said.

The Turkish Coast Guard has caught 77 illegal migrants in four separate operations off the coast of the northwestern province of Çanakkale.

Initiating an operation upon notification that there were four groups of irregular migrants in a rubber boat off the coast of Ayvacık district, the teams rescued a total of 77 irregular migrants.

Turkish Coast Guard Command teams have caught 103 migrants trying to go abroad illegally off the Aegean province of İzmir and have rescued seven others, who were stranded at sea.

More than 29,000 people have died on migration routes to Europe since 2014, and 5,000 migrants have died in the last two years alone, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a report published yesterday.

The IOM warned of "increasing deaths along migration routes across the Mediterranean, along land borders to Europe and within the continent".

Turkish Deputy Interior Minister has slammed Greek minister for his allegations about the country forcing 92 migrants to cross into Greece and stripping them naked before doing so.

"Since you could not find a single human rights case in Türkiye, you are trying to reveal the image of your persecution as if it happened in Türkiye," İsmail Çataklı said in a social media post.