500 migrants intercepted in Algeria and Mauritania
Algeria and Mauritania intercepted or rescued more than 500 migrants attempting to reach Europe by sea, both countries confirmed on...
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Algeria and Mauritania intercept and rescue 500 migrants
Algeria and Mauritania have intercepted and rescued more than 500 migrants attempting to reach Europe by sea. According to Anadolou...
Spanish PM visits Algeria in diplomatic rapprochement effort
After years of difficult relations between Spain and Algeria, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez visited Algiers on the 20th of...
Moroccans second largest group in Spain’s migrant regularisation
Moroccan migrants accounted for around 13.3 per cent (approximately 157,000) of applications under Spain's exceptional regularisation programme, making them the...
Court confirms eight-year term for Tunisian anti-racism activist
A Tunisian court has upheld an eight-year prison sentence against prominent anti-racism activist Saadia Mosbah, despite objections from her legal...
US flight carrying migrants enters Central African Republic
A US flight carrying deported migrants from several countries landed in the Central African Republic (CAR) on June 12th, as...
Nearly 50 die of thirst after becoming stranded in Niger’s Sahara
Forty-nine people have died of thirst after their truck broke down in a remote area of the Sahara Desert in...
19 die in migrant crossing from Libya to Italy
Italy’s coast guard recovered 19 bodies and rescued 58 migrants from a boat crossing from Libya near Lampedusa on April...
Congo agrees to receive deported migrants from the US
The government of the Republic of the Congo has announced that it will receive migrants deported from the US under...
Tunisia defends voluntary return policy amid European pressure
Tunisia’s Foreign Minister, Mohamed Ali Nafti, reaffirmed the country’s voluntary return policy for irregular migrants on March 25th, saying it...
Tunisia: police raids force migrant returns
Migrants in Tunisia say nightly police raids on informal camps have intensified fear and insecurity, forcing families to flee suddenly...
Italian authorities rescue 220 migrants crossing from Libya
Italian authorities intercepted a fishing vessel crossing the Mediterranean about 50 nautical miles off southern Italy and rescued 220 migrants...
Libya: 53 migrants dead or missing after shipwreck off coast
At least 53 migrants are dead or missing after a boat carrying dozens of people capsized off Libya’s coast, the...
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...
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...
