Immigration

The demonstrations and riots that shook Senegal in early March were not only concentrated in Dakar. They had broken out after the case of Ousmane Sonko, the leader of the opposition party the Senegalese patriots for work, ethics and fraternity (Pastef), who is accused of rape and death threats. Other regions have been mobilized to "defend democracy", such as Saint-Louis, in the north of the country, a…

"Doudou Faye loved the dream of becoming a professional footballer in Europe. He died in October last year, points out the daily 24 Heures, in the water of the so-called secret emigration. The teenage tragic case has aroused emotions and outrage in Senegal and abroad. His father had paid 250,000 FCFA to a smuggler. ”He and two other fathers were found guilty in February by the court in Mbour, 80 km from Dakar, of…

In Senegal, the verdict was announced on Tuesday morning in the case of the three fathers of a family accused of starting their children on canoes on their way to Spain. One of the youths, Doudou, a minor, died in the sea at the end of October. His father had hopes that he would become a professional football player in Europe.…

Two years' imprisonment has been demanded against three fathers who are accused of having brought their sons to Europe. According to one of the defendants' lawyers, the prosecution is in a dynamic of deterrence, while many Senegalese have lost their lives and tried to reach the European continent by sea. This deal caused a stir…

When and how deconfin? Emmanuel Macron will speak to the French this Tuesday evening, November 24, after several weeks of strong restrictions. A situation that weighs particularly heavily in neighborhoods with lower incomes for economic reasons but also because the death rate is higher there than elsewhere. To survive, some communities organize. In Marseille, the Comorian diaspora - almost 120,000…

The Association of Senegalese Students in France warns of the difficulties faced by its members in renewing their residence permit, as this administrative process has become much more complicated, especially during this period of Covid-19. To simplify matters, the French Ministry of the Interior has set up a special platform for…

The shipwrecked migrants we spoke to explained that if they try such a dangerous crossing, it is partly due to their terrible living conditions in Libya, where they risk all kinds of abuse. Libya cannot be considered a safe haven. Migrants caught at sea and returned there are immediately placed in detention centers, where the UN has documented its catastrophic living conditions: extreme poverty, risk of kidnapping, human trafficking ... Under international law, migrants rescued at sea must be taken…

According to survivors rescued by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), smugglers "violently pushed young men and women out of the boat." There are eight dead and 12 missing among these migrants trying to return to the Horn of Africa. It is a horror scene that on Sunday, October 4, described the International…