Migration News

Over 15,000 migrants cross Channel in 2025 as crossings resume after weather delay More than 15,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel in small boats so far this year, with hundreds more attempting the journey today following a break in…

UK family visa income rule under review amid growing concerns The UK government’s minimum income requirement for family visas is under fresh scrutiny as the Migration Advisory Committee prepares to publish its review of the policy. The rule, which dictates…

Over 1,100 migrants crossed Channel on Saturday: UK govt data ———————— A record 1,194 migrants crossed the English Channel into the UK on Saturday, the highest daily total for 2025, Arab News reported. This surge brings the total crossings this…

US Supreme Court approves ending temporary residency for over 500,000 migrants ……… The U.S. Supreme Court has approved a decision allowing the federal government to revoke temporary residency status for more than 500,000 migrants, raising serious humanitarian and legal concerns.…

At least seven people—four women and three girls, including a 16-year-old and two toddlers—died when an overcrowded migrant boat capsized near El Hierro in Spain’s Canary Islands on Wednesday, The Guardian reported. The vessel, carrying an estimated 150 people, overturned…

France and the United Kingdom are considering a trial migrant swap to curb dangerous crossings of the English Channel, Arab News reported yesterday citing France’s interior ministry. Under the proposed plan, undocumented migrants who have crossed from France to the…

UNICEF reports that around 3,500 children have died or gone missing attempting to cross the Central Mediterranean migration route to Italy over the last 10 years, averaging one child lost every day, Reliefweb.com reported. Most of these children—about 70%—travel without…

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Frontex, the EU’s border agency, to deploy aerial surveillance to prevent migrant deaths in the Mediterranean, where over 31,700 people have died or gone missing in the past decade, Arab News reported. The…

Afghan migrants deported from the U.S. to Panama are feeling stranded and uncertain about their next steps, lacking resources and legal pathways, Amu TV reported. Panamanian authorities have issued temporary permits allowing them to stay while they decide on their…

At least 558 East African migrants lost their lives attempting to cross the Red Sea in 2024, Xinhua reported citing the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The UN migration agency reported that the majority of these fatalities were due to…