Tag: Migrants
Migrants: Reception centres to be opened on voluntary basis
Controlled reception centres for migrants in Europe, which were agreed by EU leaders during their recent summit in Brussels, will…
100 migrants feared to have drowned off coast of Libya
Libyan coastguard said 100 people are feared to have drowned from a migrant boat off Libya’s western coast, a coastguard…
Libyan coastguard picks up 948 African migrants
Libyan coastguards rescued 948 African migrants on inflatable boats in several operations and also recovered 10 bodies on Sunday, officials…
301 migrants rescued off Libyan coast
More than 300 migrants on board two rubber boats have been rescued off the Libyan coast near the Capital Tripoli,…
Libya’s coast guards recover 5 bodies
Libyan coastguards have recovered the bodies of five migrants and picked 191 survivors off the coast west of the capital…
Libyan coastguard rescues 180 migrants
Libya’s coastguard rescued 180 migrants, including 12 children, who were on board a rubber boat in the Mediterranean, according to…
UN to U.S: Stop detaining migrants, separating children
The UN on Tuesday, called on the U.S. to stop detaining irregular migrant families and separating children at the southern…
140 East African migrants escape from captors in Libya – UN
The UN said 140 East African migrants escaped from smugglers holding them captive near the Libyan town of Bani Walid.
UN cautions Algeria against expelling sub-Saharan African migrants
The UN Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has called on the Algerian Government to stop collectively expelling…
Greek police end migrants protest, clashes with local population
Police on the Greek Island of Lesbos on Monday ended a protest involving dozens of migrants and clashes with the…
U.S. authorities accused of holding migrants in abusive detention conditions
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday accused the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) authorities of regularly holding migrants, including…
41 migrants rescued off Turkey’s Aegean coast
The Turkish coast guard on Thursday rescued 41 illegal migrants after their inflatable boat sank off Turkey’s Aegean coast, a…
200 migrants from Nigeria, others die in Mediterranean – IOM
It was a tragic start to New Year for migrants from Nigeria and other countries as hundreds of them crossing…
8 migrants drown, 4 others rescued as dinghy sinks off Libya coast
At least eight migrants have drowned and 84 have been rescued after a rubber dinghy sank off the coast of…
Spanish Maritime Rescue confirms 114 rescued in Mediterranean
Spanish Maritime Rescue Services confirmed that one person died and 114 others were rescued from six inflatable dinghies close to…
Illegal Migration: German president pledges job creation aid in Ghana
Germany plans to assist Ghana in creating better economic opportunities to discourage illegal migration, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on…
UN increases evacuation rate of migrants from Libya
The UN migration agency is stepping up the rate at which it flies migrants home from Libya, aiming to evacuate…
Pope condemns anti-migrant propaganda
Pope Francis on Friday said people spreading anti-migrants propaganda “are sowing violence, racial discrimination and xenophobia” and called for global…
258 more Nigerian returnees arrive from Libya
Eight days after 149 Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya, another batch of 258 on Tuesday came back home from the…
Organisation profiles trauma African migrants experience
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has released a new report through its Niger Republic office, profiling the trauma migrants are…
50 African Teen Migrants ‘Deliberately Drowned’
Roughly 50 teenage Somali and Ethiopian migrants were “deliberately drowned’’ on Wednesday by a smuggler, who forced 120 passengers into…
IOM Rescues 1,000 Migrants in Sahara Desert
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has rescued no fewer than 1,000 migrants in northern Niger through search and rescue…
Migrants to Libya not decreasing – UN
UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Geneva says the flow of migrants from Libya to Italy will not decrease any time…
France, Germany, Italy to meet over migrants crisis
The Interior Ministers of France, Germany and Italy would meet in Paris on Sunday to discuss ways to help Italy…
Three Migrants Die As Thousands Are Rescued
Three migrants died in the Mediterranean on Monday night, a German aid group said, during Italian-led rescue operations in which…
EU will restrict visas for states not taking back migrants
The European Union states decided on Friday to restrict visas for foreign countries that refuse to take back their nationals…
Niger rescues 100 migrants abandoned in Sahara
Authorities in Niger said on Wednesday they have rescued over 100 migrants in the past week abandoned by traffickers in…
2 bodies recovered off Mediterranean coast
About 2,300 people have been rescued and two bodies recovered in the latest migrant rescues in the central Mediterranean, the…
20 Dead Bodies Recovered Off Libya Coast
Italy’s Coast Guards have said that 20 dead bodies have been seen in the sea some 30 miles off the…
3,000 migrants rescued on Mediterranean Sea
No fewer than 3,000 migrants were rescued trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday, the International Organisation for Migration…