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Algeria abandons 13,000 migrants in the Sahara

Algeria abandons 13,000 migrants in the Sahara

From this isolated frontier post deep in the sands of the Sahara, the expelled migrants can be seen coming over the horizon by the hundreds. They look like specks in the distance, trudging miserably across some of the world’s most unforgiving terrain in the blistering sun. They are the ones who made it out alive. […]

Cameroon Families Search for Repatriated Migrants

Cameroon Families Search for Repatriated Migrants

Families are in search of loved ones among the more than 2,000 Cameroonian migrants who were rescued in Libya and brought back to the central African state by the International Organization for Migration. More than 100 Cameroonians cheered and sang the central African country’s national anthem upon arrival at the Yaounde-Nsimalen international airport from Libya […]

52 Migrants From Gambia, Nigeria, Others Dead As IOM Rescues 600 in Sahara Desert

52 Migrants From Gambia, Nigeria, Others Dead As IOM Rescues 600 in Sahara Desert

The United Nations migration agency in Niger has saved more than 600 lives since April 2017 through a new search and rescue operation that targets migrants stranded in Sahara Desert, but 52 did not survive. “We are enhancing our capacity to assist vulnerable migrants stranded in Northern Agadez, towards the Niger-Libya border,” said Giuseppe Loprete, […]

UN refugee agency ramps up response as Libya’s humanitarian crisis deepens

UN refugee agency ramps up response as Libya’s humanitarian crisis deepens

Conflict, insecurity, political instability and a collapsing economy have contributed to the deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Libya, prompting the United Nations refugee agency to announce plans to step-up its presence and programmes there. Amid the increasing complexity of refugee and migrant movements through and from Libya, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi visited Tripoli […]

Thousands of migrants rescued on Mediterranean in a single day

Thousands of migrants rescued on Mediterranean in a single day

Nearly 3,000 migrants were rescued trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea, according to the United Nations migration agency, which also reported that more than a dozen rescue operations were under way in the area yesterday. Citing the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Rome, IOM spokesperson Joel Millman told reporters today at the regular […]

Angela Merkel steps up plans to deport rejected migrants after terrorist attack

Angela Merkel steps up plans to deport rejected migrants after terrorist attack

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is stepping up efforts to speed up deportations of rejected asylum seekers after a terror attack in Berlin last year cast a sharp light on the potential risks of letting failed refugees remain in the country. The chancellor Thursday called on the country’s 16 federal states to back fresh measures expediting […]

Hundreds of migrants try to storm border into Spain’s enclave of Ceuta

Hundreds of migrants try to storm border into Spain’s enclave of Ceuta

Around 1,100 sub-Saharan African migrants tried to cross into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco on Sunday by storming a border fence, though most were eventually turned back, the Spanish government said. Dozens of migrants made it to the top of the 6 metre barbed wire fence in the early hours of Sunday […]

Poland says cannot accept migrants under EU quotas after Paris attacks

Poland says cannot accept migrants under EU quotas after Paris attacks

Poland cannot accept migrants relocated under a European Union quota system after the attacks in Paris without security guarantees, its incoming European affairs minister said on Saturday, in a sign that the attacks may seriously undermine EU refugee policy. Konrad Szymanski will take up his post on Monday in the government formed by the winners […]

Stunning Pictures Show Thousands Of Migrants Walking To Germany

Stunning Pictures Show Thousands Of Migrants Walking To Germany

Battling strong winds, driving rain, mud and freezing temperatures, these stunning photographs show a slow trek of thousands of migrants making their way to Europe amid the harsh conditions of the oncoming winter. As European leaders squabble about how best to deal with its mounting refugee crisis, tens of thousands of people are continuing to […]

As Numbers Grow, Lone Child Migrants Find Sanctuary At UK Centre

As Numbers Grow, Lone Child Migrants Find Sanctuary At UK Centre

When 16-year-old Alem fled his home country, Eritrea, in February of this year he never imagined he would be heading for a new life in Britain. “My first goal was to get to Sudan. I had no idea where I would end up, but then somebody told me I should head for the UK,” he […]

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