Greece’s coast guard says more than 600 migrants have been rescued after two wooden fishing boats were found sailing miles from the southernmost part of Greece.

The 1,000-bed Delaney Hall Detention Center in Newark — the largest of its type on the East Coast — is now holding only roughly 200 migrants, a Homeland Security official told The ...

Over 1,500 souls lost their lives in the early hours of April 15, 1912, on the RMS Titanic. The Titanic is ... Read more The ...

Stretching more than 15 minutes, “The Launching” is a sweeping song cycle expressing crew and passengers’ fond farewells, their first impressions of the unsinkable ship and fervent hopes it ...

happy-go-lucky Irish immigrants down in steerage, oligarchs on the upper decks, second-class passengers with first-class aspirations, and the ship’s crew — notably the soot-covered men below ...

Crewmembers of the ship were given shelter ... Many of the women in steerage on the Titanic were Irish immigrants. At the mission, the women were entertained with music to help lift their spirits.

Songs from Ireland, Italy, and Serbia drift from open portholes each evening. A ship’s steward remarked: “I’ve never seen steerage so light and airy. It’s a new world down there.” The Titanic is often ...

But a steerage passenger named Carl Johnson found his shoes ... Reports Author Lord: when asked how they left the ship, “nearly every woman survivor replied firmly, ‘In the last boat.'” ...

The Senate last session passed a resolution directing the Secretary of the Treasury to inform the Senate at its next session how many superficial feet of clear space are allotted to each steerage ...

If any were found, the ship would head to Angel Island for “disinfection.” If not, immigration officers ... For third-class “steerage” passengers, the inspection was harsh.