Libyan Red Crescent rescues 45 irregular migrants
The Libyan Red Crescent rescued 45 irregular migrants, including women and children, after their boat was found in the Mediterranean...
Migration
Authorities detain over 2000 irregular migrants in Libya
Security forces in Libya detained more than 2000 irregular migrants in one day during a large-scale security operation in the...
Yemen coastline sees spike in Africa to Gulf migration
According to data from the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the Yemeni coastline saw a spike in illegal migrants originating...
Dutch court jails human trafficker for migrant torture in Libya
A Dutch court sentenced an Eritrean human trafficker to 20 years in jail on January 27th after convicting him of...
Libya deports 69 irregular migrants
Libya deported 69 undocumented migrants of Egyptian nationality from the northeastern port city of Benghazi, Libya Review reported on January...
Niger to Algeria – the deadly migration route
Assamaka, a town in Northern Niger, underwent a major change in 2025, becoming a point of forced arrival for any...
Rwanda files arbitration case against UK over asylum deal
The Rwandan government has said that an arbitration case has been filed against the UK as the Keir Starmer government...
Libya rescues over 200 trafficked migrants from ‘secret prison’
In the town of Kufra, south-east Libya, national security authorities uncovered a 'secret prison' which unlawfully held migrant workers, according...
Libya detains migrant smuggling suspects
Libya’s Public Prosecutor has ordered the detention of two members of a migrant smuggling gang operating along the Al-Khoms coast,...
Sudan: Hundreds killed, thousands displaced after RSF attacks
More than 100 people have been killed, and thousands displaced in Sudan's North Darfur state as fighting escalates between the...
West Africans deported twice under US third-country policy
More than 30 people were deported to Ghana in 2025 from the US as part of the Western nation's third-country...
At least 21 migrants found buried at a mass grave in Libya
Libyan security forces found 21 migrants killed and buried at a mass grave in a private farm near the eastern...
Red Cross: Migrants take longer, riskier routes to Canaries now
Red Cross data found that migrants from West Africa, who take the journey to Europe via the Canary Islands, now...
39 people dead as migrant boat sinks off Gambia’s coast
A migrant boat on the way to Europe had capsized off Gambia’s coast on 31st December, killing 39 people. On...
Libya Reports Over 37,000 Voluntary Migrant Returns in 2025
Libya has returned more than 37,000 irregular migrants to their countries of origin in 2025 under the Voluntary Return Programme,...
