Hard truths.
About 220 million migrants and members of the diaspora are estimated to support 1.1 billion relatives through remittances, making the funds an important source of income for families across developing countries...
In a statement on Tuesday, the commission said enforcement must be based on individual legal violations and called for due process, protection of vulnerable migrants and refugees, and investigations into report...
Authorities in Kinshasa said specific locations have been identified to host arrivals, with a system put in place to receive and process them on a temporary basis. The Ministry of Communication explained that t...
The migrant boat had left the port of Tobruk in eastern Libya on 21 March, news agency AFP reported, citing a coastguard spokesperson. Poor weather and a lack of food and water contributed to the deaths, the co...
Kufra, situated roughly 1,700 kilometres southeast of Tripoli, has long been a key transit point for migrants crossing the Sahara en route to Libya’s northern coast and the Mediterranean.
The boat overturned on Wednesday midnight near Jinack village in the North Bank Region and it was later found "grounded on a sandbank", the country's defence ministry said in a statement.
Rwanda had earlier announced on August 5 that it would accept up to 250 deportees from the United States, with each case subject to approval.
The Red Cross, which manages Lampedusa’s migrant reception centre, confirmed that 56 men and four women survived the shipwreck.
Government spokesperson Yolande Makolo confirmed the agreement and said it aligns with Rwanda’s history of displacement and its values.
The case involved eight migrants from Myanmar, South Sudan, Cuba, Mexico, Laos and Vietnam, who were deported in May on a plane reportedly bound for South Sudan.
The victims, mostly from West Africa, were found living in degrading conditions and forced into long hours of hard labour with little pay.