69 dead after boat sinks in Moroccan waters
Malian authorities say at least 69 people, including 25 Malians, have died following a Spain-bound West African boat capsized off...
Migration
Record number of migrants reaching Spain’s Canary Islands
The number of migrants reaching Spain’s Canary Islands from West Africa hit an all-time annual record with 41,425 arrivals between...
Coast Guard vessel sunk migrant boat ‘intentionally’ in Tunisia
Italian media have reported that Tunisia's Coast Guard intentionally rammed and sank a boat carrying migrants before they could reach...
Tunisian migrant advocate held in first “terrorism” probe
A Tunisian migrant advocate is in custody and his case is being handled by anti-terror investigators, the head of a...
16 bodies of migrants recovered off Tunisian coast
Tunisia's coast guard has recovered the bodies of 16 migrants, the national guard said on October 28th according to the...
Spain busts network smuggling Syrians and Algerians to Europe
Spanish police said on October 24th that they had broken up a network suspected of smuggling at least 70 Syrian...
EU refuses to publish findings of Tunisia inquiry
The European Commission is refusing to publish the findings of an inquiry into human rights in Tunisia, according to The...
Italian court ruling leads to migrants returning to Italy
12 migrants were returned from Italy to Albania on October 19th following a decision by an Italian court, according to...
At least 12 dead and 10 missing as migrant boat sinks off Tunisia
Three children were among at least 12 Tunisians found dead after a migrant boat capsized off the island of Djerba...
13 migrants found dead off Tunisian coast
Thirteen bodies believed to be of sub-Saharan African migrants have been found dead off Tunisia’s eastern coast, according to the...
Tunisia asks EU for financial aid for migration crisis
Tunisia's prime minister asked the EU for financial aid in tackling the migration crisis at a conference on July 17th,...
Ignacio Cembrero: The dark side of Morocco diplomacy with EU
As previously covered here, Morocco's endevours internationally with press management and diplomacy appear to fall short of any notable achievement...
Hafed Al-Ghwell: Migration is the new dirty war
In an era marked by geopolitical upheaval and humanitarian crises, the surge in migration from the areas around the Sahara...
Tunisia: Migrants plead for safe passage
Migrants in Tunisia suffer starvation, sweltering heat, and appalling conditions as the EU neglects the primary point of its own...
Tunisia detains prominent migrants’ rights activist
Tunisia’s public prosecutor detained prominent activist and migrants’ rights group head Saadia Mosbah on May 7th, according to Reuters. The...
