NAIROBI: At least 20 migrants lost their lives due to drowning after smugglers threw them into the sea during a crossing between Djibouti and Yemen, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said Thursday. “Survivors believe at least 20 people have been killed. There are still some unaccounted for. Five bodies washed up on shore,” Yvonne […]
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Ship with 54 migrants being barred from docking in Italy
MILAN: An Italian humanitarian group is refusing to bring 54 migrants rescued at sea to Malta because of the distance and psychological conditions of those on board one of its ships, which is being barred from docking in Italy. Mediterranea Saving Humans tweeted Friday that its ship was off Lampedusa, just outside Italian territorial waters, […]
Migrants stranded at sea for three weeks face deportation
Tunisia has allowed dozens of migrants, mostly from Bangladesh, to disembark after three weeks stranded in the Mediterranean, so that they can return to their home countries, the Red Crescent said on Wednesday. An Egyptian boat rescued at least 75 migrants in Tunisian waters last month. But local authorities in the governorate of Medinine said […]
Mexico detains 791 migrants, including 368 children under eight
A total of 791 Central American migrants, including 368 children under the age of eight, have been detained in the Mexican state of Veracruz, officials said Sunday. The detentions of the migrants, who were being transported hidden in four trailers, were carried out at two points, the National Migration Institute said in a statement. While […]
New Quebec law stresses migrants’ skills, thousands must reapply
The Quebec provincial legislature on Sunday approved a controversial immigration bill that will replace a first-come, first-served standard for accepting migrants with one tied to an applicants’ skills. The law is similar to a proposed plan from US President Donald Trump that would shift his country’s visa system from family-based immigration toward bringing in more […]
Tunisia stops rescued migrants from coming ashore
Tunisian authorities were on Saturday stopping 75 migrants saved at sea from coming ashore, according to a rights group and the captain of the ship which rescued them. The migrants were adrift in international waters in a boat with a broken engine when an Egyptian tug boat brought them aboard, the captain said on condition […]
Three migrants die of thirst in Niger desert
Three migrants died of thirst when their vehicle broke down in the Nigerien desert while en route for Libya, the springboard for migration to Europe, a local official said. “About 10” other passengers were saved after their vehicle was spotted by the Nigerien army, an official in the northern town of Agadez said. The group […]
Egypt deports dozens of Sudanese migrants
Egypt has deported 79 Sudanese nationals who were trying to cross into Libya to head onward to Europe. Egyptian officials at Cairo International Airport say the Sudanese were among dozens of migrants, including Egyptians and citizens of other African countries, who were detained earlier this month in the northwestern city of Marsa Matrouh. It was […]
New ‘House of the Refugee’ gives hope to migrants in southern US
On a freshly painted wall at the “House of the Refugee” in El Paso in the US state of Texas, a local artist writes the word “esperanza” — “hope” in Spanish — in an effort to bring just that to the migrants staying here. The charitable organization Annunciation House opened the 409,027 square foot (38,000 […]
Trump considering sending migrants to ‘sanctuary cities’
US President Donald Trump said Friday he is seriously considering funneling detained illegal migrants into the self-declared sanctuary cities that oppose his tough immigration policies. Trump’s announcement on Twitter reversed a previous White House assurance that the idea — criticized as political retribution against cities led by opposition Democrats — had been dropped. “Due to […]