European border agency Frontex reported that approximately 31.800 irregular crossings occurred on the Eastern Mediterranean route during the first three quarters of 2026.

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Swollen rivers linked to heavy El Niño rains flooded parts of Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay on October 16, 2026, forcing thousands of residents from their homes.

The Paraná River rose to 4.7 meters (15.4 feet) on October 15, 2026 in Ituzaingó, Argentina, prompting evacuations across Corrientes province.

Water releases from the Salto Grande hydroelectric dam flooded downstream urban areas in Uruguay, keeping several dozen people displaced from their homes.

In the border city of Ayolas, Paraguay, more than 2,000 residents evacuated after the Paraná River reached its highest level in over 40 years on October 16, 2026.

Greek authorities rescued 14 survivors from the Samos capsizing and deployed a coast guard vessel and helicopter to search for three missing passengers on October 19, 2026.

Greek Shipping Minister Vassilis Kikilias reaffirmed a non-negotiable zero-tolerance policy against human smugglers following the fatal capsizings off Lesbos and Samos on October 19, 2026.

Eight survivors from the Lesbos speedboat collision were rescued by Greek authorities and taken to a hospital on October 19, 2026.

Greek authorities arrested an Iranian national among the Samos capsizing survivors on suspicion of organizing and smuggling migrants across the Aegean Sea on October 19, 2026.

On October 19, 2026, twelve migrants died in two separate capsizings involving speedboats off the Greek islands of Lesbos and Samos in the northeastern Aegean Sea.

Off the island of Samos, five men and one woman died after a speedboat carrying migrants from Turkey made a sudden maneuver and overturned roughly four nautical miles north on October 19, 2026.

Human rights groups have accused Greece of forcibly returning migrants at sea and land borders, a charge the Greek government denies.

Nearly 1 million migrants and refugees landed on Greek islands during the 2015-2016 European migration crisis, primarily departing from Turkey.

Greek Shipping Minister Vassilis Kikilias stated that evidence indicated the migrant speedboat struck the port side of the Hellenic Coast Guard vessel with its bow off Agrilia, Lesbos.

Greek authorities arrested a 37-year-old Turkish national among the eight Lesbos collision survivors on suspicion of operating the vessel and smuggling migrants on October 19, 2026.

Six migrants, including four men, one woman, and an infant, died when a speedboat carrying Syrian and Palestinian migrants collided with a Greek coast guard vessel off Lesbos on October 18, 2026.

Greek Migration Minister Thanos Plevris defended coast guard operations and accused human smugglers of placing migrants in grave danger following the October 2026 capsizings.

The economic and energy crisis in Cuba since 2020 has sparked public protests and prompted hundreds of thousands of Cuban citizens to migrate to the United States.

By September 30, 2026, the United States admitted 16,287 South Africans under a resettlement programme launched in 2025 for white Afrikaners alleging persecution and violent crime.

Gang violence in Haiti displaced nearly 1.5 million people in recent years, killing or injuring more than 5,700 people and kidnapping over 230 from January to mid-September 2026

A 2022 report from Colombia's Truth Commission found that over 450,000 people were killed and millions were forcibly displaced during Colombia's civil conflict between 1985 and 2018.