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Tag: IOM
Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 84,345 in 2018; Deaths Reach 1,777
IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 84,345 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2018 through 3 October, with 38,451 to Spain, the ... Read More
The 40 African Migrants stranded at Sea Arrive in Tunisia
The Tunisian authorities have finally agreed to accept for humanitarian reasons a commercial vessel carrying around 40 African migrants who have been stranded for two ... Read More
Algeria Continues Mass Detention & Deportation of African Migrants
Algerian authorities continue their inhumane mass expulsion of African migrants into the deadly desert despite global outrage over such a degrading behavior violating international laws ... Read More
HRW Slams Algeria again for ‘inhumane treatment of migrants’
Human Rights Watch rebuked Algeria for deporting Sub-Saharan migrants in inhumane conditions, and in many cases without considering their legal status in Algeria or their ... Read More
UN Urges Algeria to Stop Expelling Sub-Saharans
The United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) urged Algerian Government to stop rounding up and collectively expelling thousands of Sub-Saharan, saying such an ill- treatment ... Read More
Sub-Saharan Migrants die on Algeria-Niger Border- IOM says
Dozens of Sub-Saharan migrants have died in abhorrent conditions on the Algerian-Niger borders as Algiers continues summary expulsions, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said. ... Read More
Libyan Coastguards Intercept 4 Inflatable Boats Packed with Migrants
Libyan coastguard vessels intercepted Monday four inflatable smuggling boats carrying in total over 500 illegal migrants. The captured migrants, off coast of the North African ... Read More
At least 90 Migrants Drowned off Coast of Libya
At least 90 migrants, mostly Pakistanis, lost their lives off the coast of Libya on Friday after their boat capsized, according to press reports. The ... Read More
UNHCR’s Protection Chief Praises Morocco for Efforts to Protect Refugees
UNHCR’s protection chief Volker Türk has praised Morocco for adopting a National Policy on Immigration and Asylum aiming at offering protection to refugees, the UN ... Read More
Morocco Migration Policy, Model in Continent- IOM says
The humanist migration policy adopted by Morocco stands as a model in the MENA region and the African continent, said Director General of the International ... Read More