Poursuivant une tendance de dix ans, le nombre d’Africains déplacés de force a augmenté l’année dernière et s’élève aujourd’hui à plus de 40 millions. Au cours de l’année écoulée, 3,2 millions de personnes supplémentaires ont
Nearly 7,000 migrants arrive on Italy’s southern island of Lampedusa within 24hours
A flotilla of flimsy boats, crowded with migrants and launched from Tunisia, overwhelmed a tiny southern Italian island on Wednesday, taxing the coast guard’s capability to intercept the smugglers’ vessels and sorely testing Premier Giorgia
Upheaval In The ‘Coup Belt’ Will Add To Migrant Flows – Analysis
The so-called “coup belt” in Africa, which includes almost all the countries of the Sahel, are in confrontation with the Economic Community of West African States. There are also a myriad of Al-Qaeda and Daesh
Sénégal: dans le port de Dakar, le dépit de migrants interceptés en mer par la marine
Au Sénégal, c’est désormais quasi quotidien : cette fois, 118 migrants ont été interceptés par la marine sénégalaise et ramenés au port de Dakar, le 6 septembre 2023. La veille, ils étaient 240. Ces dernières
African Conflicts Displace Over 40 Million People
Continuing a decade long trend, the number of Africans who are forcibly displaced has risen over the past year and now totals over 40 million people. An additional 3.2 million Africans have been displaced due
The Melilla massacre: how a Spanish enclave in Africa became a deadly flashpoint
At least 37 people were killed in June 2022 at the Morocco-Spain border, while scores more were injured. Despite the brutality and chaos, officials praised the actions of border agents On 24 June 2022, around
At least 27 migrants found dead in the desert near Tunisian border, Libyan government says
At least 27 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa have died in recent days in the country’s western desert near the border with Tunisia, Libyan authorities said. In a statement posted on Facebook, Libya’s Interior Ministry said
Rights group says Saudi Arabian border guards fired on and killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants
Border guards in Saudi Arabia have fired machine guns and launched mortars at Ethiopians trying to cross into the kingdom from Yemen, likely killing hundreds of the unarmed migrants in recent years, Human Rights Watch
Irregular migration from North Africa: Shifting local and regional dynamics
Irregular migration from North Africa to Europe is on the rise again. This is particularly true along the Central Mediterranean route, which connects northern African countries (mainly Libya and Tunisia) to Italy. The latest surge
Des migrants africains errent dans le désert entre la Tunisie et la Libye
Marchant jusqu’à l’épuisement, des migrants d’Afrique subsaharienne arrivent quotidiennement par centaines en Libye, après avoir été abandonnés à la frontière, en plein désert, par les forces de sécurité tunisiennes, selon leurs témoignages et ceux de