Tag: International Migration
European ministers speak of further tightening
Immigration is once again at the heart of European discussions. The Interior Ministers of the European Union (EU) debated a further tightening of migration policy on Thursday October 9 in…
Nigerien migrants kidnapped by a militia, an NGO launches the alert
In Niger, the NGO “Alternative citizen spaces” warns of the fate of Nigerien migrants arrested by armed men in Libya, in the locality of Shouaraf, on September 6. Difficult to…
Shock in Iraqi Kurdistan after deadly shipwreck off the Italian coast
Only eleven people survived the sinking of a sailboat a week ago off the Italian coast. Sixty people are still missing. Among the passengers, a large number were Kurds, from…
Joe Biden will facilitate the regularization of hundreds of thousands of immigrants
Joe Biden will put in place regularization measures which could benefit hundreds of thousands of people, the White House announced this Tuesday, June 18, while immigration is a major subject…
An NGO warns of the explosion in the number of deaths of migrants attempting the crossing to Spain
According to the NGO Caminando Fronteras, more than 5,000 migrants died trying to reach Spain, mainly by the Atlantic Ocean, during the first five months of the year, the equivalent…
Nearly 50 migrants die in boat sinking off Yemen
At least 49 people are dead and 140 missing after a migrant boat sank off the coast of Yemen, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced on Tuesday. It was…
In Albania, Georgia Meloni welcomes the construction of a migrant reception center
The head of the Italian government, Giorgia Meloni, traveled to Albania to take stock with her Albanian counterpart, Edi Rama, on the construction work on migrant reception centers at the…
Benin welcomes the first Beninese migrants who returned voluntarily from Tunisia
Benin welcomed its first charter of Beninese migrants from Tunisia on Tuesday, May 28. The 173, initially candidates for immigration to Europe, returned voluntarily without ever reaching their dream destination.…
27 NGOs petition the Council of State to force the government to protect unaccompanied minors
In France, 27 NGOs contacted the Council of State on Tuesday, May 14, to force the authorities to better protect unaccompanied minors (UMAs), these young foreigners who arrive in France…
the trial of the sinking of a migrant boat questions the judicial system
In Greece, in less than a week, the trial of an extraordinary shipwreck will begin, in which more than 500 migrants lost their lives. For now, there are nine Egyptian…