Tag: Migrants
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…