The waters around two remote atolls in the central Pacific Ocean—spanning 18,500 square miles—are now protected from fishing ...

Greek authorities say more than 170 migrants have been picked up from rickety boats in recent days with most found off the southern tip of the country in a route that appears to be increasingly used ...

Greek authorities say 66 migrants have been found in two locations on the southern island of Crete after arriving on the ...

UNHCR’s Representation in Canberra, Australia, promotes refugee rights in Papua New Guinea, Fiji, the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, ...

Another 45 people were rescued overnight by a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship 42 ... the migrants said they had set sail from Tobruk in Libya and had been heading to Greece.

The passengers told authorities they had set sail from Libya in the early hours of ... been rescued from the same general area by a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship on Tuesday.