Tag: migrants
In a tense context, some Tunisians come to the aid of sub-Saharan migrants
After President Kaïs Saïed’s remarks, the authorities warned: anyone who would host foreign people without a residence card or a declaration at the police station would be breaking the law.…
Tunisia: Migrants testify to racism and harassment
Migrants in Tunisia testify to increased harassment after the country’s president ordered all illegal immigrants to leave the country. In an interview, the country’s foreign minister says that Tunisia will…
At least 45 people died in a migrant boat shipwreck in Italy – the highest number of migrants in five years
Almost 160,000 migrants tried to cross the Mediterranean to Europe last year. Over ten thousand people have died or gone missing on the route in the last five years. 13:36•Updated…
Dozens of migrants died in a shipwreck near the Italian coast
Forty migrants, including a newborn baby a few months old, died after the sinking, at dawn on Sunday, of their boat not far from the Italian city of Crotone, in…
27 migrants found dead on beach
At least 27 migrants have been found dead in the water off the coast of southern Italy after the boat they were traveling in sank, Italian media reports. According to…
The nightmare of Haitian migrants stranded in Turkey for lack of visas
In Turkey, hundreds of illegal Haitians are waiting to return to Haiti. But to cross the Atlantic, the countries through which they must pass ask them for a visa to…
More than 400 migrants stopped by Tunisia
Published: Just now full screen Migrants in a wooden boat off the coast of Tunisia. Archive image. Photo: Valeria Ferraro/AP/TT The Tunisian coast guard states that on the night of…
18 migrants died of asphyxiation in a truck
Eighteen migrants have died in Bulgaria, a Balkan country faced in recent months with an influx of illegal immigrants. Their bodies were found in the trailer of a lorry near…
In Bulgaria, 18 migrants were found dead in a truck
The vehicle is said to have illegally transported around 40 migrants hidden under a load of timber. Tomi Pyy, Riikka Kajander Eighteen migrants have been found dead in an abandoned…
Panama opens an investigation into the reception of migrants after a UN report
Alerted by a damning report from the UN in December, the government of Panama launched an investigation into the reception of migrants while the country is an almost obligatory passage…