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
Darfur refugees in Chad scramble for shelter as rainy season starts
Thousands of refugees fleeing Darfur to neighbouring Chad to escape fighting and ethnically targeted attacks in Sudan’s western region are struggling to secure basic shelter and supplies as heavy rains and winds batter makeshift camps.
EU-Tunisia migration deal: Encouraging the people smugglers?
Africans in Tunisia, who are trying to make their way to Europe via irregular migration routes, are unimpressed with the new “strategic agreement” on migration — that’s if they’ve heard of it at all. The
Watchdog finds ‘serious’ Tunisia abuses against black African migrants
Tunisian security forces have committed “serious abuses” against black African migrants, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday, calling on the European Union to suspend migration control funding to the country. The New York-based watchdog said
Nearly 900 migrants rescued by Moroccan navy, one drowned
Over the past few days, the Moroccan navy has rescued almost 900 illegal migrants, most of them from sub-Saharan Africa, including 400 in territorial waters, according to a military source, while attempts to cross to
Sudan: Conflict displaces nearly 200,000 alone in the past week
Nearly 200,000 people were displaced by fighting inside Sudan over the past week, the UN reported on Tuesday, citing new figures released by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Overall, more than 2.6 million people
Migrants and refugees, oblivion even in death
For more than 30 years, NGOs and journalists have been warning about the growth in the number of crossings of migrants and refugees in the Mediterranean. These testimonies, which struggle to illustrate the extent of
La route des Canaries, “mortifère” chemin bis des migrants vers l’Europe
Pour se rendre en Europe, les migrants subsahariens passent aussi par l’archipel des Canaries depuis la côte africaine – Maroc, Sahara occidental et Sénégal. Malgré sa dangerosité, cette route maritime est depuis quelques jours un