Atlantic drug trafficking network hit by Morocco-Spain operation
Joint security efforts between Morocco and Spain have disrupted a major Atlantic drug trafficking network responsible for moving tonnes of...
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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...
Moroccan input helps Spain lower irregular migration
Migrant arrivals to Spain dropped by 42.6% in 2025, after collaboration with Morocco and Mauritania helped reduce irregular migration from...
Spain and Morocco discuss Atlantic maritime boundaries
The recent High Level meeting between Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and his Moroccan counterpart Aziz Akhannouch was an opportunity...
Mauritania–EU migration deal shows results
Evidence suggests the EU's anti-migration pact with Mauritania is working, as the Principal of a Mauritanian primary school for the...
Mauritania’s coast guard rescues 227 migrants stranded at sea
On November 15th, Mauritania's coast guards revealed that they had conducted a rescue operation of 227 migrants who were stranded...
Migrant arrivals from Libya to Greece on the rise in 2025
Migrant arrivals from Libya to the Greek Island of Crete have surged by 318 percent in the space of a...
Moroccan expert urges militia be labelled a terrorist group
In the Western Sahara, a militia group named the Polisario Front has waged a decades-long fight for independence. A Moroccan...
Mauritania: 69 dead along migrant route after tragic boat capsizing
69 people are confirmed dead after a migrant vessel capsized in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Mauritania, according...
Sharp increase in small boats migration from Algeria
The Balearic Islands are facing a dramatic rise in irregular migration from Algeria, with figures showing a 77% increase compared...
Pro-Palestine activist fights detention in Texas
Leqaa Kordia remains the only high-profile, pro-Palestine non-US citizen still confined after campus protest arrests carried out by Trump administration...
Two Moroccans arrested in Spain for smuggling migrants
Spanish authorities intercepted a Moroccan fishing vessel on July 23rd, in which they found six undocumented migrants attempting to enter...
Nanjala Nyabola: Democracy in East Africa must be saved
Last week, Ugandan lawyer Agather Atuhaire was finally set free five days after she was detained by the Tanzanian police for unclear...
Spain sees sharp rise in migrant sea arrivals
Spain recorded 61,372 sea arrivals in 2024, marking a 10.3% increase from the previous year. The Canary Islands bore the...
