Migrant Boat Capsizes
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Shipwreck off Tunisia's coast claims 20 migrant workers' lives, 5 rescued
World | Dec 19, 2024, 08:59 PM ISTA shipwreck in Tunisia has claimed the lives of 20 migrant workers, while 5 are reported to have been rescued. The incidents of drownings have occurred regularly in Tunisia.
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At least nine dead, 48 missing after boat with migrants onboard capsizes off Spain's Canary Islands
World | Sep 28, 2024, 08:12 PM ISTThe rescue services stated that initiated the rescue process soon after getting an alert. Out of a total of 84 people, 27 have been rescued so far while nine have died. The remaining 48 were still missing.
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France: Eight people killed trying to cross English Channel, second incident within two weeks
World | Sep 15, 2024, 03:00 PM ISTEight people have died overnight while trying to cross the Channel from France to England, French media including BFM TV and Le Figaro reported on Sunday, citing French authorities.
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France: 13 killed as boat with 50 migrants capsizes in English Channel, massive rescue operation on
World | Sep 03, 2024, 07:10 PM ISTA boat sank off France's northern coast and plunged more than 50 migrants into the waters of the English Channel as they tried to cross it on Tuesday, French maritime authorities said.
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Two refugee boats with over 350 migrants capsized off Yemen's coast and Mauritania: UNHCR
World | Jul 25, 2024, 08:12 PM ISTThe UNHCR stated that it is collaborating with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to aid survivors and offer protection.
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VIDEO: Dramatic night rescue as 75 migrants pulled out of Mediterranean after their boat capsizes
World | Mar 18, 2024, 06:34 PM ISTThe team managed to distribute lifejackets and had begun taking migrants aboard rescue dinghies when the fibreglass boat flipped over leaving 45 people in the water.
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'Tragic': Over 60 migrants including women and children die after boat capsizes in Libya
World | Dec 17, 2023, 11:59 AM ISTAccording to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Libya, the survivors told them that the vessel was carrying around 86 people who had departed the Libyan city of Zwara.
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Cape Verde: 60 killed as boat with 100 migrants dare to cross world's most dangerous sea route
World | Aug 17, 2023, 08:35 AM ISTAccording to the report, at least 38 people, including children, were rescued, with footage showing them being helped ashore, some on stretchers, on the island of Sal.
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Pakistan: 10 human trafficking agents arrested as 400 migrants feared dead in Greece boat disaster
World | Jun 19, 2023, 11:18 AM ISTAccording to a report by the local English daily, Dawn, at least 400 Pakistani, 200 Egyptians and 150 Syrians, including around two dozen Syrian women and young children, were travelling on the trawler.
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Greece boat disaster: 300 Pakistani migrants including children missing as vessel sink in Mediterran
World | Jun 18, 2023, 05:19 PM ISTThe overcrowded fishing boat capsized and sank early Wednesday some 75 kilometres southwest of the southern Peloponnese peninsula.
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Greece: UN body says 500 people still missing as 'overcrowded' fishing vessel capsized
World | Jun 17, 2023, 10:16 AM ISTSo far, 79 bodies have been recovered and 104 people have been rescued. It was unclear how many were missing, but some initial reports suggested hundreds may have been aboard.
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17 Dead, 13 Rescued After Migrant Boat Capsizes
World | Feb 06, 2012, 02:11 PM ISTSabana De La Mar, Dominican Republic, Feb 6: Rescuers scouring the white-capped waters off the Dominican Republic's coast have found 17 bodies and 13 survivors from a boat overloaded with migrants that capsized almost two