Tag: Migration

Africa’s shifting migration patterns and new challenges to watch in 2025 — ACSS report

February 5, 2025

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

November 21, 2024

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

September 16, 2024

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

August 29, 2024

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

June 4, 2024

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

March 18, 2024

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

February 9, 2024

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

January 14, 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

November 7, 2023

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

September 26, 2023

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