
“MOUNTAINS of corpses” are growing in front of Europe’s walls, refugee rescuers warned today after 45 more people died in a shipwreck off the Libyan Coast.
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) announced the deaths in a joint statement on Wednesday night.
“Some 37 survivors — mainly from Senegal, Mali, Chad and Ghana — were rescued by local fishermen and later detained upon disembarkation,” they said.

Fan group The 1873 issues scathing response to owners’ statement saying the club will not close

Israeli media awash with leaks and rumours of Netanyahu’s plans to seize Gaza. Meanwhile, the unrelenting siege of Gaza continues unabated

Mr Smalls and 13 other Freedom Flotilla Coalition activists who tried to break Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza aboard the Handala ship remain in detention and on hunger strike