Migrants

Authorities found a "Syrian travel document" in the truck among the decomposing bodies

Four months ago, EU leaders were jolted into action when 800 people drowned in a single boat

Deciding how to label huge numbers of people moving around the globe has proved thorny and politically-loaded question

More than 100,000 migrants have reached Italy so far this year

Italy's coastguard on Saturday oversaw the rescue of 4,400 people with help from British, Irish and Norwegian ships

The leaders will try to help speed up the setting up of reception centres in overwhelmed Greece and Italy

UNHCR has expressed concern over the situation on the border, warning that the situation was deteriorating

Police issued temporary transit documents to 181 migrants, mostly from Syria, Bangladesh and Pakistan

Europe's biggest economy has become the top destination for those fleeing war and persecution

Turkish coastguards have rescued almost 18,300 migrants in the Aegean Sea in the last month

Among the dead were mainly Africans, Bangladeshis and Pakistanis, their journey ends on Sicily's eastern shores

The migrants were heading to Iran via unauthorised routes and without valid documents

About 50 migrants from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran threw stones and exchanged blows as tempers boiled over

Greek authorities say only migrants from Syria will be considered as refugees and will be given space on the boat

The boat was carrying about 300 migrants when it ran into difficulty off the coast of Libya

Myanmar state media says authorities handed over 159 people to their Bangladeshi counterparts

Calls Rohingyas their "brothers", urges European countries to be more welcoming of migrants

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras said huge influx of migrants was too much for his debt-ravaged country, pleaded for EU help

They found no more survivors after scouring the waters overnight

Boat ran into difficulty about 15 nautical miles off Libya and sent out a distress call

Around 188,000 people had been rescued so far this year trying to cross the Mediterranean

The latest fatality brings the number of migrants who died near the Channel Tunnel terminal site to nine since June

Orban's government mounting a billboard campaign telling migrants to respect Hungary's laws

Officials say migrant died after being badly burnt while attempting to enter Channel Tunnel in a bid to reach Britain