France sends reinforcements as pro and anti-migration activists clash with police in Alps region

The French government has reinforced its security forces on the Alpine border with Italy, in a bid to ease a situation...
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France approves new immigration bill

On 22 April, France’s National Assembly passed an immigration bill that speeds up the asylum process, accelerates...
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Emergency assistance to migrants at a detention centre in Libya

The Mixed Migration Working Group (MMWG) has reported increasingly deteriorating conditions for migrants held at a...
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Hundreds of African migrants rescued on Mediterranean Sea

Spain’s maritime rescue service rescued 476 migrants on 6 May as they attempted the dangerous Mediterranean...
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Germany to introduce holding centres to speed up deportation of rejected asylum seekers

Banjul: – The German government wants to introduce mass holding centres for migrants and asylum seekers across...
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‘We are here to help young Gambian entrepreneurs’ says GYCC CEO

The CEO of the Gambia Youth Chamber of Commerce (GYCC), Baboucarr Kebbeh, has offered his institution’s support to...
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German police raid migrant shelter over deportation of asylum seeker

Hundreds of German police officers raided a shelter for migrants in the small town of Ellwangen, in the southern German...
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Libyan coastguard stops NGO boats from rescuing migrants

Two non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have reported that the Libyan coastguard prevented their rescue ships from...
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Germany seeks to repatriate 30,000 Nigerian irregular migrants

The German government is proposing a new arrangement to allow for the repatriation of some 30,000 Nigerian irregular...
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