This much is clear: On June 9, an old steel fishing trawler left eastern Libya for Italy, carrying far too many people. As many as 750 men, women and children from Syria, Egypt, the Palestinian territories and Pakistan were on board, fleeing hopelessness in their home countries and trying to...

The Lebanese army on Thursday raided refugee camps in the areas of Al-Babin, Wadi Hamid and Al-Masida in the border town of Arsal, the largest stronghold for Syrian refugees in Lebanon. Zaman Al-Wasl correspondent said that the raids targeted the Al-Rahma, Al-Saeed, Al-Deddah, Al-Nour,...

German Federal Police have arrested a member in Essen city of a smugglers' network that brought more than 800 people to the European Union, mostly to Germany, Der Spiegel reported on Thursday. Policemen stormed a house in the Stein neighborhood of Essen and arrested the Syrian Abdel Hanan,...

BERLIN (AP) — Six people have been arrested in Romania, Germany and Bulgaria in raids targeting a network alleged to have smuggled hundreds of migrants into Romania and Germany, authorities said Wednesday. Fifteen properties were searched on Wednesday, 11 of them in Romania, German federal...