Two 15-year-olds among victims as police name 39 who died in Essex lorry
Two 15-year-olds and a woman who sent a final text message to her family have been named as some of the people found dead in the back of a lorry in Essex.
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151 migrants rescued off Libya arrive in Sicily on rescue ship
An Italian offshore supply vessel which rescued 151 migrants in waters off Libya has arrived in Sicily.
Vietnamese community gathers for vigil to honour container lorry victims
Members of the Vietnamese community have gathered in London for a vigil in memory of the 39 people found in a lorry in Essex.
What do we know about the Essex lorry victims so far?
Police are working with Vietnamese authorities to identify the eight women and 31 men found dead in a lorry in Essex.
Lorry driver charged over Essex migrant deaths to appear in court
A lorry driver is due to appear in court charged over the deaths of 39 migrants thought to have died in a refrigerated unit during a clandestine bid to enter the UK illegally.
Suspected migrants detained at Belgian port where container was shipped from
A group of suspected migrants has been detained in Zeebrugge a day after 39 people were found dead inside a container shipped from the Belgian port.
Red Cross warns of humanitarian crisis at migrants camp in Bosnia
The International Red Cross has warned of an imminent “humanitarian catastrophe” at an overcrowded makeshift migrant camp on Bosnia’s border with Croatia.
Number of migrants smuggled into UK in containers ‘on the rise’
The number of migrants being smuggled into the UK in containers and lorries has risen in the last year, according to the National Crime Agency (NCA).
At least 13 dead as migrant boat capsizes off Italian island amid rescue bid
At least 13 people died when an overloaded migrant boat capsized near the island of Lampedusa as they were about to be rescued, the Italian coast guard has said.
‘Woman and child killed’ as migrants set fires at Greek camp
Migrants protesting at an overcrowded camp on the Greek island of Lesbos have set fires and clashed with police, authorities said.
Pope Francis hits out at indifference to migrants and refugees
Pope Francis has denounced “the culture of comfort”, which he says leads to indifference in the face of a global migration and refugee crisis.