Tag: migrants
Police found dozens of migrants in a truck in the Czech Republic, one dead | News in brief
The police have found about 30 migrants and one dead person in the trailer of the truck, says the Czech police. A foreign truck was stopped on Monday afternoon on…
Nearly 20,000 migrants have been expelled from Algeria to Niger since January, NGO denounces
Migrants arrested during raids and then transferred outside the country. The NGO Alarme Phone Sahara denounced in a report the pushback by Algeria since January of 19,798 African migrants to…
Spain and Mauritania agree on measures regarding boat migrants | News in brief
Spain is trying to curb the number of migrants arriving in the Canary Islands by cooperating with West African countries. Spain and Mauritania agreed to cooperate on migrant traffic from…
Spain: Canary Islands overwhelmed by influx of migrants from Africa
The Spanish government of socialist Pedro Sánchez is facing a spectacular increase in the arrival of illegal migrants this fall, mainly in the Canary Islands, which feels abandoned by Madrid…
Canary Islands in trouble with number of migrants, Spanish Prime Minister to Africa | News in brief
The Spanish Prime Minister will start a three-day trip to Africa tomorrow, during which he will try to find solutions to boat migration. 19:42•Updated 20:13 Prime Minister of Spain Pedro…
A boat carrying migrants capsized in Yemen – at least 13 dead | News in brief
At least 13 people have died and 14 are still missing when a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Yemen on Tuesday. The International Organization for Migration (IOM)…
Balkans: Several migrants die during river crossing between Serbia and Bosnia
In the Balkans, several migrants drowned on Thursday, August 22, in the river separating Serbia from Bosnia, the Drina. Originally from Egypt and Syria, they were trying to reach Bosnia-Herzegovina…
Police find nearly 90 Ethiopian migrants held captive in Johannesburg
In South Africa, nearly 90 people were found by police in the suburbs of Johannesburg. According to the South African authorities, they were living in ” inhumane conditions ” and…
Off the coast of Haiti, dozens of migrants die in a fire on their boat
At least 40 migrants died when their boat caught fire off the coast of Haiti, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced on Friday. The tragedy, which occurred on July…
At least 116 migrants dead in three years on the border between the European Union and Belarus
On Europe’s eastern border, the death toll has been rising for three years. Since 2021, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has been pushing migrants towards the border to put pressure on…