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Tag: Migration
Africa’s shifting migration patterns and new challenges to watch in 2025 — ACSS report
A sharp restriction in off-continental irregular migration combined with escalating push factors will continue to shape governance and security priorities in Africa in 2025, according ... Read More
Spain’s left-wing gov’t to legalize 300,000 undocumented migrants, bucking EU trend
In a sharp departure from the general migration policy across the European Union, Spain has announced its plan to legalize about 300,000 undocumented migrants per ... Read More
Hungarian president floats sending troops to Chad
Hungarian far-right president Victor Orban said he plans to send 200 soldiers to Chad to help curb migration. He made the remark following a meeting ... Read More
Spain’s PM on West African tour to stem migration flow, signs deals with Mauritania, Gambia
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez agreed with Mauritanian president Mohammed Ould Ghazouani to stem migration flows, as part of a West African tour that will ... Read More
Abandoned in desert: EU accused of migrant ‘dumping’ in North Africa, Sahel
The recently endorsed EU's Pact on Migration and Asylum "is going to run into political and possibly also legal challenges and a largely hostile international ... Read More
MEPs accuse EU executive of ‘bankrolling dictators’, claiming Tunisia’s president pocketed EU aid
Senior members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have accused the EU executive of “bankrolling dictators”, claiming that the €150 million it gave to Tunisia last ... Read More
Spain’s migration cooperation with Morocco is exemplary, Interior Minister says
Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska this Friday commended cooperation between Morocco and Spain on migration, describing this cooperation as "exemplary". "Cooperation between Morocco and Spain ... Read More
Remittances from African diaspora grew in 2023, set to exceed $100bn in 2024
Global remittances from African diaspora to their home continent are set to exceed $100bn a year amid demographic trends in Europe such as an aging ... Read More
Six hundred undocumented Egyptians to be deported from Libya
Libya has begun the deportation of 600 undocumented Egyptians who sneaked illegally into the oil-rich African country used as a launch-pad for crossing the Mediterranean ... Read More
Migration from Africa may help ‘dissolve’ EU due to deep cultural divide in Europe — Borrell
EU’s top diplomat has rejected a claim that migration in Africa is being caused by the war against Ukraine, saying that “the root causes of ... Read More