Tag: migrants
Independent Africa
More than 100 migrants from Nigeria deported from Libya
On Tuesday (20 June), the Libyan government sent over a hundred Nigerians back home. The female migrants who voluntarily decided to go back to...
World
Italian border police probed for shipwreck that killed 94 migrants
Following the death of numerous migrants off the coast of Calabria, three border police officials in Italy are under investigation on suspicion of manslaughter.In...
World
7 migrants killed at a bus stop in Texas
After a car slammed into a bus stop in front of a homeless shelter in Texas, seven migrants perished.According to Victor Maldonado, the Bishop...
Independent Africa
Libyans protest, alleging militias of employing migrant workers
Libyans in the western city of Zawiya demonstrated against paramilitary organizations on April,27 2023 according to locals. The protests was a response to allegations...
Independent Africa
1,200 migrants to be rescued by Italy
Around 1,200 migrants are being rescued by the Italian coast guard from overcrowded boats off the coast of Sicily in two massive operations.On one...
Independent Africa
Over 20 migrants die as boat sinks off Madagascar
A boat carrying 47 persons that capsized off the coast of Madagascar on its way to the French island of Mayotte resulted in the...
Independent Africa
Migrants reassured of safety by Tunisia leader
President Kais Saied has assured sub-Saharan Africans living in Tunisia of their safety in spite of his stance against migrants.He however noted that he...
World
It is worrying: UN express concern over increasing migrants from Horn of Africa
Head of the UN's International Organisation for Migration, there are now significantly more women and children moving to the Gulf States from the Horn...
Independent Africa
More than 70 migrants feared dead after shipwreck
At least 73 migrants are reported missing and presumed dead following a shipwreck off the Libyan coast on Tuesday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM)...
Independent Africa
UN: 27 migrants’ bodies, including children, discovered in desert of Chad
The bodies of 27 migrants believed to have died of thirst have been found in the Chadian desert, the U.N. migration agency said on...