Eritrea
1,800 Migrants Were Rescued From the Mediterranean Yesterday — Along With 14 Bodies
The crew of an Irish navy vessel found the bodies on a barge floating off the Libyan coast, and said the victims likely died from overcrowding and exhaustion.
4,400 Migrants Rescued Off Libya In 48 Hours Break Italy's Migrant Record
The latest rescue operations in the Mediterranean brought the number of migrants to have landed in Italy since 2015 to a record 69,000, as the Italian navy begins to recover the bodies of 800 migrants who died at sea in April.
UN Report Alleges Forced Labor at Canadian-Owned Mine in Eritrea
Working conditions at the Bisha mine are already the subject of a class action lawsuit brought by former workers and being heard next year in a Canadian court.
VICE News Capsule - Tuesday, June 9
South Koreans avoid public gatherings due to fears of a MERS outbreak, a UN report slams Eritrea's human rights record, Beirut's last public beach is threatened, and Myanmar returns 150 Bangladeshi migrants intercepted at sea last month.
A Wretched Fate for 'Infiltrators': African Asylum Seekers Have Few Options in Israel
VICE News visited Israel's Holot detention center for asylum seekers, condemned by the country's own High Court as inhumane. The country refuses almost all asylum requests from Africans.
Funeral Held for Victims of Migrant Boat Disaster As EU Leaders Agree on Aid Package
Soldiers carried just 24 caskets to a memorial service in Malta after what is being called the deadliest incident ever on the Mediterranean.
In Photos: Europe's Mass Migrant Graveyard in the Mediterranean
The deadliest migrant boat disaster in history occurred last week when a boat carrying as many as 900 people capsized in the Mediterranean. VICE News takes a look at the Europe's escalating crisis in photos.
'The European Asylum System Is Dysfunctional': UNHCR Speaks to VICE News About the Migrant Crisis
UNHCR's Melissa Fleming says the recent migrant disaster must act as a wake-up call for Europe to live up to its moral duties and international obligations, and stop letting people drown.
Thousands of Eritreans Face Torture and Death as They Flee Despotic Rule
Almost 4,000 Eritreans are fleeing their country every month, braving horrifying atrocities and dangerous sea voyages to escape increasingly bleak lives.
African Migrants Forcibly Removed From Encampment Near Israeli-Egyptian Border
Around 1,000 Sudanese and Eritrean migrants left Holot detention center on Friday and are appealing to the UN to intervene.
‘Welcome to Hell:' African Migrants Held for Ransom in Yemen’s Torture Camps
Migrants described widespread abuse by human traffickers in Yemen — including beatings, rapes, and killings.
Israel Imprisons African Asylum Seekers in an 'Open' Detention Center
The center was erected in late 2013 to hold 3,000 of the 53,000 African asylum seekers who have made their way to Israel since the mid-2000.