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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is expected in Mauritania this Tuesday as part of a regional tour that also includes Dakar and Banjul. The primary focus of this tour, taking place August 27 to 29, is the fight against illegal immigration. The Spanish Canary Islands, which are geographically close to Mauritania, have seen a surge […]
A boat was thrown by the current in Brazil’s coasts with nine dead migrants from Mauritania and Mali on board, an incident that highlights the hazardous journey facing migrants bound to the Canary Islands. The Brazilian police could identify the identities of the decomposed bodies thanks to documents they had carried. The boat crossed the […]
The EU plans an aid of up to €164.5 over three years to help Tunisia stop migrants from crossing to Europe, the Financial Times reported. The EU funding will be invested in a training academy for the country’s national maritime guard, implemented with German federal police, it said. The funds will also help equip the […]
An international network involved in organizing illegal immigration and human trafficking was dismantled Saturday by officers of the provincial judicial police of Salé, on the basis of accurate information provided by the services of the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance. The investigation into this case led to the arrest of four individuals, including a foreign […]
Troy A. Miller, a senior official of US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), has finger-pointed Senegal for housing “Pseudo-legitimate” travel agencies that allegedly propose illegal migrants visa-free travel to Europe and then to the US via Mexico, now used as transit by thousands to enter the American territory. Miller said travel agencies in Senegal’s capital […]
Almost 1,500 African migrants have reached Spain’s Canary Islands over the past weekend only, prompting an urgent €50 million aid package from the Spanish government along with a pledge to organize their prompt transfer to the mainland. The record influx of African migrants arriving at the shores of the Canary Islands via various precarious vessels […]
Antonio Tajani, Italy’s Foreign minister, is set to visit Tunisia today October 20 in view of inking with the North African country another deal for the recruitment of thousands of Tunisian regular workers as part of efforts by the two countries to curb illegal migration. “On Friday, I’ll be in Tunisia, as the issue obviously […]
Cash-strapped Tunisia has willingly accepted to play the role of the policeman at the gate, in return for cash and for the silence of the EU regarding the harsh treatment reserved to migrants. The EU has offered to give Tunisia nearly 1 billion dollars in aid in return for stopping migrants. However, the bulk or […]
Migration governance in Morocco is based on a holistic, multi-dimensional approach which, by prioritizing respect for the migrants’ rights and dignity, is intended to be efficient and proactive in the fight against mafia networks and human trafficking. Here follow some figures on the Kingdom’s extensive efforts to combat illegal migration. – Over 360,000 illegal migration […]
Nancy Faeser and Gerald Darmanin respectively German and French Interior ministers arrived Sunday in Tunisia for meetings with Tunisian authorities few days after the North African country said it will not allow itself to become a border control agent for other nations, amid the migration crisis facing both Tunisia and European Union States. The arrival […]