Tag: Migrants
Libya: Security forces discover bodies of 28 migrants in mass grave, free 76 others
The Libyan Attorney General’s Office discovered the grave north of the city of Kufra, where dozens of migrants had been…
25,000 migrants arrive in UK
No fewer than 25,000 undocumented migrants have arrived in the United Kingdom via the English Channel since the beginning of…
12 Dead, over 50 rescued after migrant boat capsizes in English Channel
This incident marks the deadliest disaster in the Channel this year, which is one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes.
EU offers Tunisia €1billion to stop migrants
Thousands of undocumented African migrants have flocked to the city of Sfax in recent months seeking to head for Europe…
300 Spain-bound migrants mostly Senegalese missing at sea
All three boats left Kafountine in the south of Senegal, which is about 1,700 kilometres (1,057 miles) from Tenerife, one…
20 dead migrants found at Sudanese-Libyan border
The authorities assume that the 28 people were migrants trying to cross the border into Libya in two vehicles.
Texas, Arizona governors turn migrants into ping-pong
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, another Republican, has followed Abbott's lead and bused another 1,000 migrants to Washington D.C.
Leaders urged to stop feeding Nigerian youths to Sahara, Med Sea
Bamidele who mans the Ministry of Regional Integration and Diaspora Relations, said good governance would dissuade young Nigerians from emigrating…
Boat carrying Cameroonians, Moroccans to Europe capsizes in Tunisian waters
The International Organization for Migration said that 75 people were unaccounted for and 30 others were rescued after the boat…
NIS condemns illegal migrants’ activities at Falomo, Liverpool jetty
Osisanya said the attention of the “ Zone A” has been drawn to the rising activities of migrants from Falomo…
27 migrants confirmed dead in English Channel boat tragedy
A spokesperson for the ministry said that the death toll of the tragedy, which was revised down from 31, was…
Mexico busts 2 trucks hiding 6 Ghanaians, one Cameroonian, 593 other migrants
The migrants were from 12 countries, but majority are from Guatemala, the government's National Migration Institute (INM) said on Saturday.
Florida Governor DeSantis threatens to dump migrants in Biden’s Delaware
DeSantis' press secretary, Christina Pushaw, clarified that the governor's mention of Delaware was a joke
10 migrants die in road crash in Texas
Ten people were killed and 12 injured on Wednesday when a van carrying 25 migrants crashed in southern Texas, about…
238 migrants scale Spain’s Mellila high wall
More than 200 migrants crossed into Spain's North African enclave of Melilla early on Thursday, climbing the high fence that…
500 migrants rescued from Mediterranean sea, taken to Lampedusa
Four boats carrying more than 500 migrants landed in Lampedusa after being intercepted by Italian authorities off the coast of…
Migrants should seek asylum from home before coming to U.S. – Biden
Majority of migrants crossing the border with the U.S. are immediately sent back, so the better option for them would…
43 Europe-bound Nigerians, Ghanaians drown in Mediterranean sea
A Europe-bound migrant boat capsized off the coast of Libya on Tuesday killing at least 43 people, including Nigerians and…
Tunisian president urged to protect migrants’ rights
Tunisian Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) have written a letter to President Kais Saïed, on the occasion of International Migrants Day, calling…
Banksy’s Louise Michel issues SOS in the Mediterranean
Louise Michel, a rescue boat funded by British street artist Banksy is stranded in the Mediterranean, with 219 migrants aboard.
Coronavirus: Greece to tighten border controls
Greece will tighten border controls to prevent the spread of coronavirus, focusing on island routes used by migrants to enter…
Nigerian migrant shot in Libya over piece of bread, 3 torturers arrested in Italy
Migrants who landed in Lampudesa, Italy last weekend have narrated a shocking catalogue of abuses, rape, murder and torture by…
New Italian government allows migrants disembark from boat
Italy on Saturday agreed to allow rescue ship Ocean Viking to disembark 82 migrants on southern islands Lampedusa after six…
Greek Police nab smuggler with 13 migrants in fake ambulance
The Greek Police said on Friday they arrested a driver transporting 13 migrants crammed into a fake ambulance.
10 migrants dead in Turkey van crash
A van crash has killed 10 migrants in north-eastern Turkey, state news agency Anadolu reported on Wednesday.
Greece intercepts boat with migrants, 2 suspected smugglers arrested
The Greek coastguard on Friday said it has intercepted a boat with 77 migrants on board and detained two suspected…
Libya: 6,000 migrants need to be evacuated from detention camps
A medical charity, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says there are close to 6,000 migrants trapped in Libyan detention camps who…
70 migrants dead after boat sinks off Tunisia
No fewer than 70 migrants have drowned after their boat sank off the Tunisian coast, Tunisia’s state news agency TAP…
Pope commends Morocco for accepting migrants
Pope Francis has commended the people and government of Morocco for accepting and being hospitable to migrants. The Pope who…
‘Let us in, we are not fish’: Migrants stranded at sea tell Italy, others
After two weeks stranded at sea and battered by winter storms, migrants onboard a rescue ship are growing frustrated as…