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Libya: At least 53 migrants, including infants, dead or missing after boat capsizes off Libya

At least 53 people, including two babies, are dead or missing after an inflatable migrant boat sank off the Libyan coast, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Monday. The vessel, carrying 55 African migrants, departed from the western Libyan town of Zawiya shortly before midnight on Thursday and began taking on water about […]

Morocco wants political gains in return for protecting EU borders

Morocco wants an end of the transactional approach in return for its irregular migration control efforts in favor of clear political positions in support of its territorial integrity.   This has been expressed tacitly by Morocco after it has relaxed migration control with thousands flocking from Monday to Thursday to Ceuta, a Spanish occupied enclave. […]

Moroccan authorities arrest 25 migrants for attacking law enforcement members

Moroccan authorities arrested 25 Sub-Saharan migrants due to their involvement in a violent attack on security forces trying to prevent them from crossing into the Spanish-occupied enclave of Ceuta. Last week, some 1000 migrants attempted to violently storm the fence of Ceuta and engaged in violent skirmishes with law enforcement members in which they used […]