Tag: Migrants

Show more humanity to migrants, Macron orders French officials

Emmanuel Macron, President of France, has instructed local officials to show more

Migrants send home $445bn in 2016, says UN report

Global migrant workers sent back to their home countries 445 billion dollars

Niger authorities rescue 117 migrants crossing Sahara to Europe

Authorities in Niger have rescued 117 migrants travelling through the Sahara desert

Coast guards recover 20 dead bodies of migrants off coast of Libya

Italy’s Coast Guards have said that 20 dead bodies have been seen

Over 14,100 migrants illegally entered EU in April—Frontex

No fewer than 14,100 migrants illegally crossed into the European Union (EU)

6,600 migrants rescued on Mediterranean in 4 days – UNHCR

No fewer than 6,600 migrants and refugees were rescued in four days

50,000 migrants crossed Mediterranean in 4 months–IOM

Almost 50,000 migrants had so far crossed the Mediterranean Sea to enter

Australia to tighten citizenship rules for new migrants

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Thursday announced that Australia would make it

Save more migrants at sea, not patrol ‘make-believe border’, EU

EU patrol vessels in the Mediterranean are putting lives at risk by

At least 97 migrants missing off Libya

The Libyan Navy Forces on Thursday said no fewer than 97 migrants

Migration: Nigeria, EU to develop collective agreement on repatriation

The Federal Government and European Union (EU) are working to have a

Humanitarian ships rescue more than 700 migrants in Mediterranean

More than 700 migrants were rescued from six rubber dinghies and a

Aid groups cut death toll from migrant shipwreck off Libya

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), on Friday said five migrants were

Central European leaders refuse blackmail by EU on migration

The leaders of four Central European countries vowed on Tuesday not to

5 corpses found, hundreds feared dead as migrant boats sink off Libya: NGO

Five migrants were found dead in the sea off Libya on Thursday

Roman citizens defy law to help migrants

Volunteers on Friday defied law to serve macaroni in marinara sauce to

UN rights chief warns U.S. against mass expulsion of migrants

UN Rights Chief, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, on Wednesday, warned that mass expulsions

No fewer than 1,300 migrants arrive in Sicily on rescue ships: Coast guards

Italy’s Coast Guard said no fewer than 1,300 migrants arrived in Sicily

Nigerians, others taking ‘enormous risks’ to Europe – UNHCR

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has raised

New Zealand relies on migrants as ‘locals can’t pass drug tests’- PM

New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English said Monday his country has to

74 bodies of migrants found washed up on Libyan coast

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said

Hundreds of migrants again cross into Spain’s Ceuta

The Red Cross says no fewer than 300 African migrants jumped the

EU countries struggle to return migrants to other countries

Countries in the European Union struggled with returning migrants to third countries

German population hits record high of 82.8 million due to migrants

Germany’s population grew by some 600,000 last year to reach record high

German minister urges processing migrants outside of the EU

Migrants should be processed in camps outside the EU in case of

FG warns Nigerian migrants to avoid Libya

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora,

Europol supports migrant smuggling investigation in Germany

The European Police Office (Europol) is supporting a joint investigation into migrant

2016 deadliest for migrants crossing Mediterranean – IOM

More migrants were killed crossing the Mediterranean Sea to Europe in 2016

150 million migrants in global workforce ILO

There are about 150 million migrant workers around the world, according a

2016 Mediterranean Sea migrants’ death beyond 5,000 – UNHCR

The number of causalities in the Mediterranean Sea in 2016 has crossed