The Migrant Crossroads of Hope… and Broken Dreams
Wild-eyed with matted hair after four days in the searing Sahara sun, Ibrahim Kande climbs out of the pick-up truck ...
Tag: International Organization for Migration
Ticket To Europe? Nigeria Girls Lured Into Sexual Slavery
In Benin City, Nigeria's capital of illegal migration, no one says the word "prostitution". The word on the street for ...
Migrants In Limbo Power Niger Football Club
As Africa's smuggling capital, a dusty city in central Niger has found its local football team boosted by an unexpected ...
Migrant Influx Shifting But No Let-Up
The migrants pouring into Europe have changed routes: the crossing between Turkey and Greece is practically closed, but ever greater ...
To Europe, Whatever the Risk
Uche's real journey had yet to begin but he had already spent four days in the northern Nigerian city of ...
Seven Dead Migrants Found In Abandoned Libya Truck
Seven migrants from sub-Saharan Africa have been found dead in an abandoned refrigerator truck near the Libyan capital, a senior ...
Spain Rescues 173 Migrants Crossing Mediterranean In One Day
Spanish coast guards rescued more than 170 migrants crossing the Mediterranean to Europe from northern Africa in four separate boats, ...
Slave Trade To People Trafficking In SE Nigeria
They travel thousands of kilometres across west Africa to get to the southeast Nigerian city of Calabar where small boats ...
58 Migrants Perish In Med In A Week, 100 Missing
At least 58 migrants, including many children, perished in the Mediterranean last week trying to reach Italy, while 100 more ...
Fresh Shipwreck In Med, Migrants Tell UNHCR
Migrants rescued off the coast of Libya have described discovering a shipwrecked dinghy at sea, saying dozens of people including ...
Italy Inks Deal With Libya Neighbours To Block Migrants
Italy has signed a deal with Libya, Chad and Niger to try to stem the flow of migrants across the ...
2,300 Migrants Rescued Off Libya
Some 2,300 migrants headed for Italy in 22 barely seaworthy vessels were rescued off the Libyan coast on Thursday, the ...
Italy Rescues 484 People From the Mediterranean
Seven bodies were recovered and 484 people were rescued from boats in the Mediterranean Sea while attempting to cross into ...
Thousands of Migrants Rescued In Mediterranean In Two Days
Illegal migrants, who were rescued by the Libyan coastguard in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan Some 6,000 migrants hoping ...
Nearly 200 Asylum Seekers Feared Dead Off Libya Coast
Eleven migrants have died and nearly 200 are missing after two boats carrying asylum seekers sank off the coast of ...
11 Migrants Dead, 200 Missing In Mediterranean Sinkings
Eleven migrants have died and nearly 200 are missing after two boats sank off the coast of Libya, UN agencies ...
6,000 Migrants Rescued In Mediterranean In Two Days
Some 6,000 migrants hoping to head to Europe were rescued in the Mediterranean on Friday and Saturday in dozens of ...
Boko Haram Planning Foreign Kidnaps In Northeast Nigeria
Britain and the United States on Friday said Boko Haram was preparing to kidnap foreigners in remote northeast Nigeria, which ...
Growing African Repression Causing Migrant Exodus
African countries are becoming increasingly repressive and causing more people to leave their homes, British charity Oxfam said this week, ...
Boko Haram Planning Foreign Kidnaps In NE Nigeria
Britain and the United States on Friday said Boko Haram was preparing to kidnap foreigners in remote northeast Nigeria, which ...