migrants

A Moroccan boy who swam to Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta after Rabat relaxed his borders told a Spanish soldier that he would rather die than return home. "He did not want to return, he had no family in Morocco, he did not care if he died of a cold. He preferred to die ... than to return to Morocco," said Rachid Mohamed al-Sa Messaoui. The boy attracted international media attention when he floated in a dark T-shirt with plastic bottles under his clothes and clung to his arms and cried when he…

Following the transferring avalanche within the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, positioned in northern Morocco, Spain is making an attempt to regain management of the state of affairs. The socialist authorities introduced on Wednesday that 5,600 migrants have been returned to the border. There are nonetheless about 1,500 unaccompanied kids strolling the streets of Ceuta.…

Tunisian authorities say more than 50 migrants have drowned off the coast of the North African country, while 33 others were rescued by workers from an oil rig. Tunisia's Defense Ministry spokesman Mohamed Zekri said on Tuesday that a boat carrying migrants sank off Sfax on the southeast coast of Tunisia on Monday. He said naval units were sent to search the water for missing passengers. Flavio Di Giacomo, a spokesman for the Mediterranean Organization for Migration's Mediterranean Coordination…

A thousand migrants, together with 300 minors, managed to succeed in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from neighboring Morocco on Monday (Might 17), arriving by swimming or on foot when the tide allowed, the Spanish authorities mentioned, citing a "document" for This will not be the primary time that about 100 migrants have tried to be a part of the European Union.…

Final Tuesday at RFI, Nigerian Inside Minister Alkache Alhada confirmed that discussions would quickly happen with the Algerian authorities on the migration difficulty. Specifically, to handle the difficulty of the systematic deportation of migrants from Algeria to Niger. These migrants are launched in the midst of nowhere and must stroll 15 km to achieve the Niger border. Testimony.…

Every year, thousands of migrants make dangerous boat trips to war-torn Yemen, many with the aim of traveling overland to the Gulf countries in search of work. But recently, many migrants have called for it to stop, forcing a protracted and often dangerous flow out of the Horn of Africa at sea and then north through Yemen to the Gulf states for work. Their hopes for a better future have been thwarted by coronavirus restrictions and security conditions, leaving them in a country where millions are…

A boat carrying 60 migrants capsized off the coast of Djibouti in eastern Africa, causing 34 migrants to drown, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Monday, during what was the second migratory drowning incident that occurred over a two-week period. Survivors reported that the boat capsized in the rough sea around 4 o'clock (afternoon GMT) after leaving Yemen with about 60 passengers on board, an IOM official in Djibouti told Agence France-Presse (AFP) and asked not to be named.…

According to figures from the International Organization for Migration (IOM), almost 1,100 migrants have been intercepted off the Libyan coast by the Coast Guard since Saturday 27 March. They are being sent back to internment camps in Tripoli where conditions are deplorable. Five people died during rescue operations on Tuesday and 77 were rescued, according to the IOM, which condemns the return of these migrants to a country in chaos. "This is a consequence of an irresponsible migration policy," tweeted Safa Msehli, an…

Morocco ignores the vaccination of undocumented migrants in the country, even though it is one of the first countries to have a vaccination program in Africa. There was no official decision on the matter, even though tens of thousands of legal foreign residents have been vaccinated, according to a statement from an official from the Ministry of Health responsible for the vaccination campaign. The COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged Morocco's tourism sector and led to reduced industrial exports. The country…

In Burkina Faso, the Worldwide Group for Migration (IOM), the European Union and the federal government have simply begun development of a reception heart for migrants in transit or return. The nation has issue caring for migrants. as reported from Ouagadougou, Yaya BoudaniThis heart consists of lodging, a hospital and an…