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.…