A four-month baby died when an overloaded migrant boat headed for Britain sank in the Channel off the coast of France in the latest tragedy involving asylum seekers, French authorities said on Friday (Oct 18).

Infant dies, 65 rescued in migrant boat disaster off French coast

Over 60 migrants are feared to have died, while search is on to trace others after a boat carrying them capsized off Cape Verde. The boat left Senegal in July "with 101 passengers on board", the Senegalese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement released on Tuesday (Aug 16).

At least 60 feared dead after migrant boat capsizes off Cape Verde

At least five people have been killed and seven others are missing after their Europe-bound migrant boat sank off the Tunisian coast, reported state news agency (TAP), on Monday (August 14).

At least five killed, seven missing after migrant boat capsizes off Tunisian coast

At least 57 people drowned on Monday after a boat capsized off the Libyan coast near Khums, the latest tragedy in the Mediterranean where more than 1,100 have perished this year, the U.

At least 57 migrants die in shipwreck off Libyan coast: UN

At least 43 people have drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy, while another 84 were rescued, a humanitarian organisation the Tunisian Red Crescent has said.

Migrant boat sinks off Tunisia drowning 43

Two dead after migrant boat sinks off western Turkey

This is one of the worst migrant boat accidents in Tunisia in recent years

At least 46 migrants dead after boat sinks off Tunisian coast