Louisiana-native Christopher Catrambone's NGO claims its doing a part. LONDON— -- A nonprofit search-and-rescue company founded by an American says it has saved nearly 500 refugees and migrants ...

The number of asylum seekers who crossed the Mediterranean sea in hopes of finding refuge in Europe hit a new record last month–218,394 people made the dangerous journey in October, according to the ...

GENEVA, Switzerland (KTRK) -- The International Organization for Migration says at least 1,000 people have died or are missing and presumed dead following a string of deadly incidents in the ...

At least six people have been killed, with another 40 still missing, after a rubber dinghy carrying refugees capsized Tuesday in the Mediterranean Sea off the Italian island of Lampedusa. Only 10 ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is today calling on European governments to allow the immediate disembarkation of 507 people recently rescued on the Central Mediterranean who remain stranded at sea.

The large majority of the 137,000 people who crossed the Mediterranean Sea into Europe during the first six months of 2015 were fleeing from war, conflict or persecution, making the Mediterranean ...

Lampedusa: At least 27 migrants and refugees drowned on Thursday following a tragic shipwreck off the coast of the Italian island of Lampedusa, according to a statement by the United Nations High ...

Busan Ship YC Azalea Rescues 35 Sudanese Refugees Youngchang Enterprises oil tanker saved stranded refugees in Mediterranean ...

GENEVA, June 9 (UNHCR) - Refugee and migrant arrivals to Europe across the Mediterranean so far in 2015 have moved above 100,000, with record numbers now arriving every day in the Greek islands.

Overcrowded and poorly made boats are still causing deaths in the Mediterranean. A refugee appears exhausted while swimming towards the shore after a dinghy carrying Syrian and Afghan refugees ...