Boat carrying record 280 migrants reaches Canary Islands
An overcrowded boat carrying around 280 people arrived at the Canary Islands on October 3, reports France 24. In what...
Migration
Tunisian President rejects financial support announced by EU
Kais Saied has turned down financial aid from the EU as he claimed the amount was too lacklustre as well...
Italy’s PM says country hasn’t tackled migration issue
Italy’s hard-right Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni has reflected on her failures to curb immigration numbers, according to The Arab Weekly,...
EU commits $135 million to Tunisia in effort to address migration crisis
The European Union (EU) has announced its commitment to provide Tunisia with $135 million as part of an agreement aimed...
Disputes break out in Strasbourg over EU-Tunisia migrant deal
MEPs clashed over the European Union’s migration deal with Tunisia, reports EU-funded news outlet, Euronews, September 12. On September 12,...
4 drown in Tunisia as migrant boat capsizes
4 died and 21 were rescued as a migrant ship sank in Tunisia, according to Asharq Al-Awsat, September 13. A...
Row erupts in Germany over “illegal migration” from “safe countries”
Politicians in Germany argue whether North African countries, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco should be considered as safe countries when discussing asylum...
France Algerians Protest: Hunger Strike for Reunification
As tensions brew between Paris and Algiers, news of the mistreatment of Algerian migrants in France threatens to exacerbate President...
Detainees expose horrific conditions in Libyan refugee camps
Disturbing reports are emerging from refugee camps in North Africa as former detainees recount their experiences of torture and hunger...
Over 400 rescued over two days off Tunisian & Libyan coasts
A French NGO, SOS Méditerranée, has been responsible for saving 438 migrants through a rescue ship called Ocean Viking in...
Libya to deport hundreds of migrants from Africa
Libya’s authorities stated on August 21 that they would deport nearly 500 migrants from Nigeria and Egypt. General Imad Trabelsi,...
Morocco smugglers now using jet skis to ferry migrants to EU
Networks of people smugglers in Morocco are now using jet skis to send migrants to Europe. This is despite a tightening...
Tunisia, Libya Unite for Border Migrant Refuge
Tunisia and Libya have said they had decided to split the cost of housing hundreds of migrants who were stuck...
41 dead as migrant boat capsizes in Tunisia
Forty-one people are believed dead as a migrant boat carrying Africans capsized off Tunisia. The Italian Red Cross and...
27 African migrants found dead in desert near Tunisia-Libya border
At least 27 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa have died in recent days near the border with Tunisia and Libya. The Libyan...
