Illegal migrants who made it from West Africa to the Canary Islands surged 37% to 32,878 from January to October 15, highlighting the growing demand for this risky route, Spanish interior ministry data showed. On Oct 21, Spanish coast guard rescued 230 on a wooden boat off the Canary Islands, which have overtaken mainland Spain […]
The Moroccan Sahara city of Laayoune is hosting the Morocco-United Arab Emirates Business Forum held under the theme ”A New Outlook, New Partnerships.” The forum, held under the High Patronage of King Mohammed VI, aims to showcase the region’s potentialities and partnership and trade opportunities for Emirati economic operators and investors. Organized by Laayoune-Sakia El […]
Italian authorities busted a migrant trafficking network with links to radical groups operating between Italy and Tunisia. The criminal network was dismantled following the arrest of 13 suspects in a high-speed migrant trafficking ring operating between Tunisia and Sicily whose members espoused radical jihadist views. Police in Sicily said that a wiretapped conversation between two […]
