Tag: Migrants
258 Nigerians return from Libya
No fewer than 258 more Nigerian returnees from Libya arrived the country on Thursday aboard a chartered Airbus A330-200 with…
10 Migrants Wounded In Huge Camp Fire
No fewer than 10 migrants were wounded when a huge fire broke out in the Grande-Synthe migrant camp near Dunkirk…
Diaspora remittances hit $500bn yearly
Migrants send about 500 billion dollars home each year to poor families and countries, the International Fund for Agricultural Development…
4 Killed In Libya Coastguard Clashes
Coastguard on Thursday clashed with suspected migrants smugglers and four killed off Libya’s western coast.
Humanitarian ships rescue more than 700 migrants in Mediterranean
More than 700 migrants were rescued from six rubber dinghies and a wooden boat in the Mediterranean, in international waters…
Hundreds Die As Migrant Boats Sink Off Libya
Five migrants were found dead in the sea off Libya on Thursday after the boats they were travelling in sank,…
Morocco, Algeria Tightens Border To Stem Illegal Migration
Morocco will further tighten border control with Algeria to counter illegal migration of sub saharan Africans and arm trafficking, local…
Tunusia agrees to take back 1,500 rejected migrants from Germany
Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday Tunisia had agreed to take back 1,500 rejected Tunisian migrants from Germany, after an…
Norway extends border checks to control migrants
Norway is extending temporary border checks until May to control the inflow of migrants, the government said on Friday. “The…
Farmer bags 3,193 euros fine for aiding migrants
A Nice Court on Friday handed down a suspended fine of 3,000 euros (3,193 dollars) to a farmer from southern…
Unaccompanied child migrants in Mediterranean doubles
The number of child migrants who crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Italy without family more than doubled to 25,800 in…
1,237 Nigerian migrants, others rejected at Germany’s borders
German police are on track to turn away some 20,000 migrants this year at the country’s borders, airports and seaports,…
2016 deadliest year for migrants in Mediterranean- UN
The UN refugee agency on Wednesday described this year as the deadliest ever for migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean…
EU gets tough on African migrants
Encouraged by their success in halting a mass influx of refugees by closing Greek borders and cutting a controversial deal…
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Nigerian football star now coaching migrants in Sweden
Nigerian football star Perpetua Nkwocha knows what it’s like to find yourself many miles from home, making a new life.…
Migrants worldwide hits 244 million – UN
The UN says the number of international migrants worldwide reached 244 million in 2015, representing an increase of 71 million,…
2000 migrants arrive Greece, Italy
Greece and Italy on Friday reported the arrival of nearly 2,000 migrants from Turkey and North Africa. The Greek coast…
18 migrants drown off Turkey in latest migrant tragedy
At least 18 migrants drowned when their overcrowded boat sank in the Aegean Sea on Thursday on the way to…
7,436 Nigerians crossed European borders illegally in 2015 – EU
The European Union on Monday said 7,436 Nigerians crossed into Europe from Nigeria illegally in the second quarter of 2015.…
Migrants: EU leaders turn to African counterparts for help
European Union leaders will push their wary African counterparts to help tackle the migration crisis at a summit in Malta…
Nigeria among top five migrant countries to EU
Seun Bisuga Nigeria has been listed among the top five migrant countries to Europe. The most populous black nation in…
11 migrants, including 6 children, drown off Greece
Eleven migrants, including six children — four of them babies — drowned on Sunday in a new tragedy off the…
Spanish coast guard abandons search for 35 missing migrants
Spain’s coast guard said Friday it has called off the search for 35 migrants missing at sea after their boat…
Migrant woman, baby and child drown trying to reach Greece
Athens (AFP) – A woman, a young girl and a baby have died after a boat carrying migrants and refugees…
Nigeria’s ‘Baby Francesca’ is new symbol of hope for migrants globally
Dubbed “the princess of migrants”, a Nigerian baby born on the Italian ship that rescued her mother in the Mediterranean…
Italian authorities rescue over 1000 migrants in Mediterranean
No fewer than 1,151 migrants were pulled out of boats in the Mediterranean sea, off the coast of Libya, in…
New Record: 10,046 migrants enter Hungary on Wednesday
Brussels (AFP) – EU leaders agreed at an emergency refugee summit Thursday to boost aid for Syria’s neighbours, including one…
Over 4,700 migrants rescued off Libya coast
Over 4,700 migrants have been rescued off the coast of Libya as they tried to reach Europe, an Italian coast…
Migrant crisis deepens as thousands pour into Austria
AFP – Crowded aboard buses and trains, thousands more migrants flooded into Austria on Sunday from countries unable or unwilling…
Record number of migrants cross Mediterranean, says IOM
(Reuters) – More than 430,000 refugees and migrants have crossed the Mediterranean to Europe so far in 2015, a record…