Tag: IOM
Algeria expels over 650 migrants to Northern Niger
More than 650 migrants from a dozen African countries have arrived in northern Niger after being expelled by Algeria, local authorities said Tuesday. Some 669 ... Read More
Representatives of UN Agencies laud Morocco’s exemplary response to pandemic
Representatives of UN agencies based in Morocco have lauded the Kingdom’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic as "exemplary". Morocco’s effective management of the health ... Read More
Morocco hosts launch ceremony of labor migration & mobility project in North Africa
A regional project aimed at strengthening the migrant workers’ protection was launched Wednesday in Rabat in the presence of representatives of Moroccan government, ILO, IOM, ... Read More
Morocco Hosts Regional Winter School on Migrants Health
The 1st regional winter school on the migrants’ health was opened on Monday in Rabat by chief of mission of the International Organization for Migration ... Read More
Tripoli clashes intensifying, amid rising safety fears - IOM
The “dramatically deteriorating humanitarian situation” in Tripoli has highlighted that much more needs to be done to protect all non-combatants caught up in the battle ... Read More
Foiled Illegal migration attempts plunge 75% in February in Spain
Spain reported a 75% drop in interceptions of illegal migrants’ arrivals compared to a month earlier period, the interior ministry said. Only 936 migrants were ... Read More
Morocco Stops 89,000 Illegal Crossings to Europe in 2018
Morocco thwarted 89,000 illegal migration attempts to Europe in 2018 as the country became the main gate for migrants willing to risk their lives in ... Read More
Over 37,000 Migrants Abandoned by Algeria in Desert Border with Niger
Algeria has been slammed for summary expulsions of more than 37,000 migrants in the desert border with Niger between 2014 and 2018. Algeria’s interior ministry ... Read More
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