migrants
27 Aug 2023
From the bustling city of Lagos to other parts of the country, the presence of hardworking artisans and craftsmen from Togo, Ghana and Benin Republic is unmistakable as they have become an integral part of the Nigerian economy, providing valuable skills and services that help to drive the country's growth. They are an invaluable resource…
18 Aug 2023
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has called for the establishment of an urgent humanitarian corridor out of Niger for stranded migrants to ease the overcrowding in its centres, where thousands of migrants are hosted, with many awaiting a safe return home. The recent border and airspace closures owing to sanctions meted on…
16 Aug 2023
Scores of migrants, many of them children and a pregnant woman, arrived in small boats on England's south coast on Wednesday, undeterred by the dangerous Channel crossing from France which claimed at least six lives over the weekend.
9 Aug 2023
Forty-one migrants, including three children, are feared dead after a shipwreck last week in the Mediterranean, UN agencies said, citing four survivors brought to the Italian island of Lampedusa Wednesday. Their metal boat overturned in bad weather during the night of Thursday to Friday after setting off from the Tunisian port of Sfax, said a…
6 Aug 2023
At least 30 migrants are missing following two shipwrecks off the Italian island of Lampedusa, according to survivor testimony, the UN's migration agency said Sunday.
31 Jul 2023
In the unbearable midday heat, a Libyan patrol near the border with Tunisia comes across a black African man collapsed on the reddish-brown desert sand.
27 Jul 2023
More than 900 migrants have drowned off Tunisia's coast so far this year as they tried to reach Europe by boat, the North African country's government said Thursday.
10 Jul 2023
Three refugee boats with no fewer than 300 people on board went missing in the sea between Africa and Spain’s Canary Islands, Helena Maleno of the Spanish aid organisation Ca-minando Fronteras, said on Monday.
7 Jul 2023
Human Rights Watch on Friday urged Tunisia to put an end to what it called the "collective expulsions" of Black African migrants to a desert area near the Libyan border.
18 Jun 2023
The number of people arriving in the UK in small boats has reached over 10,000 since the start of the year, UK government figures showed Sunday.
14 Jun 2023
Greece's coastguard said Wednesday that 80 migrants had been rescued after their boat capsized and sank in international waters off the southwestern Peloponnese coast.
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