March 17, 2017 Military attack kills 42 Somali refugees off Yemen's coast A military vessel and a helicopter gunship attacked a boat packed with Somali refugees off the coast of Yemen overnight Friday, killing at least 42 people, according to a U.N. agency, Yemeni officials and a survivor who witnessed the attack.
March 15, 2017 Attention on migrant crisis reportedly blamed in part for pirate attack Military analysts reportedly warned that a pirate attack off Somalia was imminent because assets used in the European Union’s anti-piracy program have been diverted to the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean.
March 7, 2017 Hungary PM: Migration is 'Trojan wooden horse' of terrorism Migration is the "Trojan wooden horse" of terrorism and the current lull in the migrant flow is only temporary, Hungary's prime minister said Tuesday Prime Minister Viktor Orban, an early supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, has ordered the reinforcement of fences on Hungary's southern borders to keep out migrants.
March 5, 2017 Germany wanted to turn back refugees in Sept 2015, report says A German newspaper reports that the government planned to close the border with Austria and turn back asylum-seekers in September 2015, at the height of the European refugee crisis.
March 2, 2017 Eight Iraqis convicted in New Year's gang rape in Austria Eight Iraqi nationals are set to spend up to 13 years in prison after a court in Austria Thursday convicted them of gang-raping a German tourist in the early hours of New Year's Day more than a year ago.
March 2, 2017 ISIS fighters try hiding among Mosul families as refugee rates surge Islamic State terrorists desperate to get out with their lives have tried blending in with the growing crowds of innocent men, women and children escaping Mosul, an intelligence officer reportedly revealed Wednesday.
February 28, 2017 Syrian refugees selling organs for the chance to reach Europe The illegal trade of human organs in the Middle East has surged recently as Syrian refugees seek money to afford smugglers’ fees for a Mediterranean Sea crossing to Europe.
February 23, 2017 Sweden Democrats: Trump was right Two leading Swedish politicians have a message for President Trump’s critics: He’s right.
February 21, 2017 Italian authorities investigating possible smuggler funding of migrant rescue boats The fleet of privately run migrant rescue vessels ferrying refugees between Libya and Sicily has caught the attention of an Italian high court, which suspects that some of the funding may have been provided by smugglers.
February 21, 2017 Bodies of 74 migrants heading to Europe wash up in Libya At least 74 bodies of African migrants have washed ashore in western Libya, the Libyan Red Crescent said Tuesday, the latest tragedy at sea along a perilous but increasingly popular trafficking route to Europe.
