Nine migrants were arrested in the Canary Islands on "piracy" charges for forcing the ship that rescued them to change...
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Migrations: Italy wants rescue ships to return migrants to own countries
First migrants in a week land on Italy's Lampedusa A small group of Tunisians arrived by boat on the Italian island of...
Tunisia’s foreign migrant problem
Thousands of migrants are living without proper shelter north of Tunisia's port city of Sfax after many were driven...
Migrations: The deadly sea crossings of North Africa
A rubber dinghy brings back dozens of people from one of six boats the Tunisian coastguard intercepted in a 24-hour...
Migration Crisis: Latest News
Four dead, 51 missing in shipwreck off Tunisia At least 11 migrants have died in a shipwreck off Tunisia's coast and...
Migrants: Ten dead migrants wash ashore in Tunisia
The bodies of 10 migrants have been found on a beach in Tunisia, near the city of Sfax which has seen a spike this...
Anti-migrant sentiment in North Africa turns into humanitarian disaster
In the unbearable midday heat, a Libyan patrol near the border with Tunisia comes across a black African man collapsed...
Five Moroccan migrants drown off Western Sahara
At least five Moroccans drowned when their boat sank off Western Sahara, a rights group said on Tuesday, as crossing...
Tunisia: Panic in Europe over Tunisia’s potential economic collapse
By Francoise Kadri: Western nations fear an economic collapse in Tunisia could trigger even greater migrant flows to...
Migrations: New tragedy at sea as 13 migrants from Senegal perish off the coast of Morocco
At least 13 Senegalese migrants from the same town died when their boat sank off the coast of Morocco late last week,...
Tunisia and EU negotiate anti-migration strategy ($)
By Arezki Daoud: The European Union wants Tunisia to do more to stem the influx of undocumented migrants into Europe....
Morocco: Navy rescues 800 migrants trying to get to Spain
Morocco's navy has rescued more than 800 would-be migrants and recovered one body since early last week, state media...
Migrants: Appalling treatment of migrants by North African governments continues
By Aymen Jamli and Francoise Kadri: The bodies of two migrants have been found in a desert region near Tunisia's...
Tunisia: Witnesses report abusive acts against migrants
Hundreds of African migrants were stranded in dire conditions in a desert area of southern Tunisia on Thursday after...
Egyptian national executed in Saudi Arabia for ‘terrorism’
Saudi Arabia on Monday put to death five people convicted of carrying out a deadly attack on a house of worship, state...
Tunisia: Racial tension spikes in Sfax as Sub-Saharan migrants targeted
Racial tensions in the Tunisian coastal city of Sfax flared into violence targeting migrants from sub-Saharan Africa,...
Tunisian stabbed to death in clash with African migrants
Youths in Tunisia called for vengeance on Tuesday at the funeral of a man stabbed to death during a scuffle between...
Libya: Rescue ship saves 86 migrants off Libyan coast
The migrant rescue ship Ocean Viking rescued 86 people off the coast of Libya on Tuesday as their vessel foundered...
Migrations: EU on overdrive to get deal with Tunisia to prevent migrations
By Marc Burleigh: EU leaders meeting in Brussels on Thursday are to look at ways to press aid on Tunisia in a bid to...
Migrations: Spike in sea crossing incidents shines spotlight on Moroccan and Spanish governments’ inability to manage the crisis
By Valentin Bontemps: Activists on Friday criticised Madrid and Rabat for failing to act faster to help migrants...
Spain: Hundreds of migrants rescued at sea as more boats head to the Canary Islands
Emergency services in Spain said Thursday they had saved at least 350 migrants in five separate vessels over the last...
Algeria forced more than 9,000 African migrants over the border into Niger, creates “critical humanitarian situation”
Algeria has forced more than 9,000 African migrants over the border into Niger creating a "critical humanitarian...
Morocco: 51 Moroccan migrants missing in attempt to reach the Canary Islands
A group of 51 Moroccan migrants have been missing for days since embarking on a perilous sea journey to Spain's Canary...
Tunisia: France to donate $28 million to Tunisia to buy equipment to counter migrant crossings
France announced on Monday nearly 26 million euros (around $28 million) in aid to Tunisia to help curb the flow of...
Libya: UN calls for halt to Libya migrant detention, expulsion
The United Nations on Monday called on Libya to treat migrants and asylum seekers with dignity, highlighting concerns...
Migrant crisis: Italy wants IMF loan for Tunisia to shield self from migrant crisis
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday Rome backed efforts to secure an IMF bailout for Tunisia and...
Tunisia: Body of young girl found after migrant ships sink off the coast of Sfax
The Tunisian coastguard Friday recovered the body of a young girl thought to have drowned when two vessels carrying...
Migrations: Nine migrants die in west Tunisia, as number of migrants crossing the Med Sea increased 300% in first quarter
The bodies of nine migrants from sub-Saharan African countries have been found in western Tunisia, near the border...
Morocco ups campaign to capture more migrants crossing seas
Morocco's navy has intercepted 552 migrants attempting to reach Europe over 10 days in both the Atlantic Ocean and...
Fifteen Tunisian migrants missing in Mediterranean
Fifteen Tunisian migrants are missing after their boat sank in the Mediterranean during an attempt to reach Europe,...
Migrations: 32 migrants perish off the coast of Tunisia
The death toll after a boat carrying sub-Saharan migrants sank off Tunisia this week rose to 32 on Friday after...
Migrations: Five migrants die off the coast of Tunisia, Algeria disbands smuggling gang
Five migrants from sub-Saharan Africa drowned and another 28 were missing Wednesday after their boat capsized off...
Egypt: Khaled Elbalshy of banned Darb news site, elected chief of Egypt’s journalist union
Egypt's journalist union said Saturday it had elected government critic Khaled Elbalshy as its head, amid a crackdown...
Algeria: MSF criticizes Algeria for mistreatment of migrants
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) denounced Thursday the "abandon" of thousands of migrants expelled by Algeria into...
Libya: With thousands of migrants held in detention centers, Libya continues to violate human rights
Around 5,000 migrants are being held in official detention centres in Libya and they represent just the tip of the...
Tunisia: President’s racist speech sparks violence against migrants
By Evelyne Aka, with Françoise Kadri in Tunis: Almost 300 people returned from Tunisia to Mali and Ivory Coast on...
Tunisia in damage control campaign after president’s remarks on migrants
By Ezzedine Said: Tunisia's top diplomat sought to "reassure" sub-Saharan African migrants on Monday, in an interview...
Tunisia: Presidential ‘hate speech’ on migrants causes public outcry
Tunisian rights groups accused on Wednesday President Kais Saied of racism and hate speech after he said "hordes" of...
Morocco: Man sets himself ablaze outside Morocco consulate in Madrid, motives unknown
A Moroccan man sustained serious injuries after setting himself on fire outside the Moroccan consulate in Madrid on...
Morocco among top sources of illegal immigration to Switzerland
Illegal immigration into Switzerland almost tripled last year, the government announced Thursday, citing a recent...
Migrations: Italy tells Tunisia to help reduce irregular migration in exchange of more legal migrant inflow
Italy is prepared to allow more Tunisians to reach its shores legally in exchange for greater efforts to cut irregular...
Spain cracks down on use and abuse of undocumented migrants in agriculture
Spanish police said Thursday they have broken up a criminal group that exploited undocumented migrant workers in the...
Morocco: Migrant incursions from Morocco to Melilla on new year’s eve
A group of Moroccans entered Spain's Melilla enclave overnight Saturday-Sunday, a rights group said, out of dozens...