During my year aboard the Ocean Viking, we collected the harrowing stories of 110 people rescued by the ship in the central ...

The cruise ship MSC Splendida managed to rescue 19 migrants who were aboard a small boat near Cabrera, off the coast of ...

The boat disaster off the Tunisian coast, in which at least 40 people, including small children, lost their lives, is not an ...

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Search-and-rescue organizations are sounding the alarm, warning that many children and youths are venturing across the ...

In recent weeks, several people seeking to reach Europe in small boats across the Mediterranean have been ignored and left stranded in the middle of the sea while in life-threatening situations and ...

GENEVA, April 20 (UNHCR) - A UN Refugee Agency team has interviewed survivors of an overcrowded boat that sank in the Mediterranean in what could be one of the worst tragedies involving refugees and ...

In Newport Beach, where average home values top $3 million, people who live aboard their vessels not only save money on ...