Seven migrant women and children die as a boat coming from Africa capsizes off the Canary Islands. The incident reflects ongoing risks in the Atlantic migration path.

Spanish emergency services say four women and three girls have died when a small boat carrying migrants capsized while arriving at Spain’s Canary Islands. Spain’s maritime rescue service says ...

Human traffickers are cutting deals with local employers to bring in Syrians, according to Cyprus' deputy migration minister.

Seven migrants, including four women and three girls, died after their boat capsized near Spain’s Canary Islands. Rescuers ...

A Spanish police ... The small migrant dinghy was cruising near Horcas Coloradas Beach in Melilla, a Spanish territory of northern Africa, on Sunday when the much larger Guardia Civil boat tried ...

British police have opened talks ... said all the boats were now 'rubber dinghies that are little more than a paddling pool' with small Chinese-built engines attached. He blamed these lower ...

Migrants began crossing the Channel in earnest again today – using children's toy rubber rings instead ... at the same time as the boat we photographed launched. Police said they were hoping ...

The Border Security Command will bring together intelligence agencies, police and border force officials to tackle the smuggling gangs behind small boat crossings. Mr Hewitt led the NPCC between ...

Former police chief Martin Hewitt has been appointed to lead the UK's new Border Security Command, which will focus on tackling small boat crossings. As chairman of the National Police Chiefs ...