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Tag: migrants
Rights groups say Tunisia dumps migrants on Libyan border
Tunisia has expelled hundreds of Sub-Saharan African migrants to a buffer zone in the border with Libya without due process, Human Rights Watch said. The ... Read More
Some 5000 migrants cross from Morocco to occupied enclave of Ceuta
Nearly 5000 migrants, including young Moroccans, crossed from the northern coasts to the Spanish-occupied enclave of Ceuta, local media reported. One person died in ... Read More
MSF denounces Algeria’s inhuman treatment & illegal deportation of migrants
Thousands of Sub-Saharan migrants have been abused, tortured, stripped, robbed of their phones and savings by Algerian authorities before dumping them on desert border with ... Read More
Algeria lets migrants die after an accident near Niger borders
Algerian authorities have left migrants die crammed in a bus after an accident near Niger where Algerian army intended to abandon them in the desert. ... Read More
UNHCR calls for international solidarity to help migrants in Libya
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has called for international solidarity to allow the distribution of refugees stranded in Libya to other countries. Welcoming ... Read More
Morocco, example of humanity for migrants- Pope says
Pope Francis, who made a lightening two-day trip to Rabat, praised Morocco for adopting a policy that guarantees protection and integration of migrants. Morocco “will ... Read More
Libya: Maltese armed forces escort migrant-held Turkish tanker to Maltese port
Maltese armed forces have managed to usher a Turkish tanker hijacked by migrants who left Libyan coasts to the port of the city of Senglea. ... 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
Morocco Readmits Migrants who Stormed Spanish Enclave
Morocco has accepted to readmit the Sub-Saharan migrants who got over a border fence separating the Spanish occupied enclave of Ceuta. “The 116 sub-Saharan migrants ... 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