Tag: migrants

African Civil Society Wants AU to Put End to Ordeal of Sub-Saharans in Algeria

January 19, 2018

Civil society associations in Guinea, Gabon and Niger have urged the African Union to put the issue of the human rights violations by Algerian authorities ... Read More

Migrants Continue to Lose their Lives off Libya’s Coast

January 8, 2018

Migrants and particularly Sub-Saharans continue to risk everything for a better life in Europe. The number of those who lost their lives in the Mediterranean ... Read More

Algeria Flouts Geneva Convention by Extraditing 10,000 Sub-Saharans

December 27, 2017

In yet a new violation of the UN Geneva Convention, Algerian authorities have proceeded to the indiscriminate extraditing of 10,000 sub-Saharans in need of international ... Read More

Libya: Amnesty International Slams EU Inaction over Migrants Abuse

December 13, 2017

Amnesty International has denounced European governments’ inaction over the torture and abuse of tens of thousands of refugees and migrants detained in Libya in appalling ... Read More

North Africa: EU Contributes €29.6 Mln for Migrants Protection & Fight against Smugglers

December 7, 2017

The European Union has earmarked €29.6 million to fund new programs destined to protect migrants and fight against smugglers and traffickers in Africa and the ... Read More

Morocco to Repatriate Stranded Nationals in Libya

November 24, 2017

Moroccan authorities are taking the necessary measures to repatriate the migrants who are held by human trafficking networks in Libya, their crossing point to Italian ... Read More

After AI, HRW Decries Algeria for Ill-treatment of African Migrants

November 2, 2017

Algerian authorities have been rounding up sub-Saharan Africans in and around Algiers and have deported more than 3,000 to Niger since August 25, 2017, without ... Read More

The Plight of Minorities in Algeria

September 18, 2017

Algeria has been repeatedly lambasted in reports by international rights watchdogs for its systematic discrimination against minorities, whether religious, linguistic or ethnic. Intolerance towards minorities ... Read More

Fears in Italy over Increasing Arrivals of Migrants from Algeria

September 11, 2017

The Governor of the Italian Island of Sardinia has raised the alarm requesting help from Rome to curb the rising influx of illegal embarcations from ... Read More

Libyan PM Invokes Terrorism in Appeal for EU Aid to Counter Illegal Migration

August 23, 2017

Libyan Prime Minister Faiez Serraj, head of the UN-backed unity government in Tripoli, called for help from the EU to stem the flow of migrants, ... Read More