Nearly a thousand migrants returned to Libya by coastguard

Nearly a thousand migrants were rescued on 24 June by the Libyan coastguard, ten bodies were also recovered from the sea, AFP...
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Ethiopian migrants return home

Thirty-two Ethiopian irregular migrants, who were detained in Egypt, have been released and flown back to Ethiopia on 11 June,...
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Libya to allow IOM access to migrants to fast track repatriation

Libyan authorities have agreed, in principle, to allow the International Organization of Migration (IOM) access to take care of...
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Fifteen hundred Nigerians in Italian prisons

The Italian Ambassador to Nigeria, Stefano Pontesilli, revealed that approximately 1,500 Nigerians who “have not behaved well” are...
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The high price of irregular migration

The price that Nigerians pay by travelling irregularly to Europe, where they believe the economic conditions are better, is...
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African migrants report torture and slavery in Algeria

Dozens of African migrants who have been to Algeria are reporting that they were sold into forced labour as slaves, according to...
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‘’We ate cockroaches to survive’’ – Gambian returnee from Libya

Back in 2014 Babucarr Bah, a 25-year-old native of Nema Kunku Village in Western Gambia, closed down his thriving barbershop and...
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No money to repatriate body of Gambian migrant who died of heart attack

The family of Salifu Camara has said that they do not have the substantial amount of money that would be required to send his...
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Mediterranean Sea claims more migrant lives off Tunisia, Turkey and Spain in one weekend

At least 112 migrants lost their lives on 3 June when their boat capsized off the Tunisian coast during an attempt to cross the...
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