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Smugglers switch tactics to avoid French police as migrant Channel crossings rise

FRANCE 24's reporters Claire Paccalin and Pauline Godart have filmed rare images after meeting a group of migrants whose makeshift camp near Calais had just been found and dismantled by the French…

1 week ago

by Abiodun Ogundairo

HRW report: migrant workers in Saudi Arabia electrocuted, decapitated and falling to death

We speak to Ahmed Benchemsi, advocacy director for the Middle East and North Africa at Human Rights Watch, which has published a report on grave abuses committed on construction sites in Saudi…

2 months ago

World

Migrant deaths at Melilla border post: Three years on, truth remains elusive

On June 24, 2022, an attempt by mostly Sudanese migrants to force their way into Europe led to dozens of them being killed in the Spanish enclave of Melilla, on the border…

4 months ago

World

40 killed in migrant boat fire off Haiti’s coast: UN agency

At least 40 died after a boat carrying migrants caught fire off the northern coast of Haiti, the UN's International Organization for Migration reported Friday. The fire likely started when two drums…

12 months ago

World

Spain’s Canary Islands overwhelmed by migrant arrivals

Located off Morocco, Spain's Canary Islands are facing their worst migrant crisis since 2006. In just one year, 30,000 migrants have arrived on the archipelago.…

1 year ago

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EU funnels aid to Lebanon amid Syria migrant surge to Cyprus

The EU's Ursula von der Leyen unveiled a €1 billion economic aid package for Lebanon in exchange for the country slowing migration to the EU. The move comes amid a sharp rise…

1 year ago

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UK government plans Rwanda migrant flights as lawmakers vote

The British Parliament is once again voting on a plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said the flights will go ahead "come what may."…

1 year ago

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Italy: Court drops charges against migrant rescue ship crews

The case had been noted as an extreme example of European governments' efforts to thwart NGOs helping migrants in the Mediterranean.…

1 year ago

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Guatemalan security forces break up US-bound migrant caravan

Honduran migrants trying to reach the United States on foot remain stuck in Guatemala, their advance stymied by security forces. The group hopes to be allowed to continue forward after it was…

4 years ago

Business·News

Honduras: First migrant caravans of 2021 depart for US

Several hundred people have begun a journey of housands of kilometers through Central America to the US. The migrants are hoping for a more humane approach to migration under President-elect Joe Biden.…

4 years ago

News·World

Bosnia: Evacuation of squalid Lipa migrant camp in doubt

Thousands of migrants in Bosnia-Herzegovina had been set to face winter with no water or electricity in and around the infamous Lipa camp. Officials are now squabbling over moving them to a…

5 years ago

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migrant

Smugglers switch tactics to avoid French police as migrant Channel crossings rise

HRW report: migrant workers in Saudi Arabia electrocuted, decapitated and falling to death

Migrant deaths at Melilla border post: Three years on, truth remains elusive

40 killed in migrant boat fire off Haiti’s coast: UN agency

Spain’s Canary Islands overwhelmed by migrant arrivals

EU funnels aid to Lebanon amid Syria migrant surge to Cyprus

UK government plans Rwanda migrant flights as lawmakers vote

Italy: Court drops charges against migrant rescue ship crews

Guatemalan security forces break up US-bound migrant caravan

Honduras: First migrant caravans of 2021 depart for US

Bosnia: Evacuation of squalid Lipa migrant camp in doubt

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