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Alleged Captain of Migrant Boat Disaster Appears in Court as Critics Call EU Leaders' Pledge 'Not Enough'
Alleged captain of a migrant boat crammed with hundreds of migrants faces possible charges of homicide and people-trafficking, while EU leaders announce measures to boost search-and-rescue operations
The Building Blocks of Fortress Europe: How EU Policy Is Failing Record Numbers of Migrants
Unprecedented numbers of migrants are attempting to reach Europe and 3,500 people died in the Mediterranean in 2014. VICE News examines some questionable EU responses to this reality that are endangering fundamental human rights.
In the Wake of More Migrant Deaths, Europe Says It Will Speed Up Migration Reform
One day after 10 more people died at sea while trying to reach Italy, the European Commission announced it would deliver new policy proposals months earlier than planned.
The Migrant Burial Ground (Extra Scene from ‘Death Boats to Greece: Europe or Die’)
In this extra scene from the 'Europe Or Die' series, Vice News visits a cemetery on the island of Lesbos, where the buried bodies reside of those refugees who take the "death boats" to Europe and befall disaster on the journey.
Italy's Mediterranean Mass Grave: Europe or Die (Episode 4)
In the final episode of Europe or Die, VICE News correspondent Milène Larsson arrives in Italy as the only extensive search and rescue mission in the Mediterranean is replaced with a border surveillance mission, effectively leaving thousands of...
Trapped In Bulgaria: Europe Or Die (Episode 3)
In episode three of Europe or Die, VICE News correspondent Milène Larsson visits Bulgaria to see Europe’s newest border fence and speaks to Syrians who, because of the EU's Dublin Regulation, are trapped in one of Europe’s poorest countries.
Death Boats to Greece (Part 2): Europe Or Die (Episode 2)
Concluding the second episode of our series, VICE News correspondent Milène Larsson continues her visit to the border between Greece and Turkey to find out what happens to the many migrants who perish while attempting to cross Greece’s dangerous Evros...
Death Boats to Greece (Part 1): Europe Or Die (Episode 2)
In episode two of our series, VICE News correspondent Milène Larsson travels to the border between Greece and Turkey, where Syrian and Afghan refugees are paying large sums of money to take "death boats" to Greece.
Storming Spain's Razor-Wire Fence: Europe Or Die (Episode 1)
In episode one of our series, VICE News correspondent Milène Larsson travels to the border between Morocco and Spain, where West Africans in their thousands storm the razor-wire-clad fences, only to be beaten back by border police.
Risking Their Lives to Cross the Border: Europe or Die (Trailer)
Coming Soon: VICE News presents Europe or Die, a new 4-part series that documents the migrants and refugees risking their lives to reach Europe and the forces tasked to keep them out.
Surge in Migrant Deaths Predicted as Italy Ends Mediterranean Rescue Program
Italy is abandoning a search and rescue operation credited with saving 400 lives a day, replacing it with a more limited mission headed by a European agency.
Mapping the European Union's Massive Crackdown on Immigrants
As EU member states cooperated on a two-week operation intended to track and penalize illegal immigration, a group of activists worked to track police activity in real time.