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Officials in Punjab say they can’t to stop the exodus, as families tell of loved ones lost on the perilous route via Africa and the Mediterranean

I know what it’s like to wait for someone lost at sea.

When a boat packed with hundreds of migrants sinks in the Mediterranean and a submersible implodes with five men on board – should comparisons be drawn from the media coverage of these two tragedies?

July will bring another spell of hot weather as a subtropical airstream from the Mediterranean makes its way towards Britain, pushing temperatures up to 30C once again

TravelSupermarket figures show steepest rises in Crete at 25%, followed by Tenerife at 22% and Mallorca at 21%

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky are the key figures at a European Union summit underway in Brussels this Thursday, highlighting the importance of protecting the EU's eastern flank from Russian aggression and bolstering support for Tunisia to combat illegal migration across the Mediterranean.

TravelSupermarket has compiled figures showing which destinations have gone up the most in the last 12 months

TravelSupermarket has compiled figures showing which destinations have gone up the most in the last 12 months

Trilateral summit to finalize cooperation between the eastern Mediterranean allies of Greece, Cyprus, and Israel

Flimsy boats, EU policies and an increase in migrants attempting the crossing are some of the factors converging to make this year an especially deadly one.

While the right to asylum is enshrined in both European and international law, asylum seekers and refugees are confronted with a host of administrative and social challenges, with the recurring shipwrecks in the Mediterranean serving as a grim testament to these obstacles. In reaction, ordinary citizens have stepped up to…