African migrants
Thousands of Africans protest Israel’s mass deportation plan
Middle East
March 25, 2018
Thousands of Africans protest Israel’s mass deportation plan
Migrants and Israelis took to the streets of central Tel Aviv on Saturday to protest against plans to deport thousands…
Hundreds of migrants picked up between Libya and Italy
Middle East
March 11, 2018
Hundreds of migrants picked up between Libya and Italy
International charity ships and Libya’s coastguard and picked up several hundred migrants on Saturday as smugglers trying to take advantage…
Israel issues deportation notices to African asylum seekers
Middle East
February 5, 2018
Israel issues deportation notices to African asylum seekers
Letters offering a plane ticket and $3,500 (€2,800) on Sunday reached the first of what Israeli newspaper Haaretz said were…
Israel offers to pay African migrants to leave, threatens jail
Middle East
January 7, 2018
Israel offers to pay African migrants to leave, threatens jail
Israel said on Wednesday it would pay thousands of African migrants living illegally in the country to leave, threatening them…
Libya ‘slave markets’ report prompts Burkina Faso to recall ambassador
Middle East
November 21, 2017
Libya ‘slave markets’ report prompts Burkina Faso to recall ambassador
Burkina Faso’s foreign minister said on Monday it had recalled its ambassador to Libya over a report that black African…
Nearly 9,000 migrants rescued in Mediterranean over weekend: IOM
World
April 18, 2017
Nearly 9,000 migrants rescued in Mediterranean over weekend: IOM
Nearly 9,000 mainly African migrants were rescued in the Mediterranean this past long weekend after being put by smugglers in…
Seven migrants die on day of ‘Libyan Coast Guard’ attack
Middle East
October 22, 2016
Seven migrants die on day of ‘Libyan Coast Guard’ attack
The crew of a speedboat labeled "Libyan Coast Guard" attacked a migrant boat packed with some 150 migrants, beating them…
Migrants lured by sex into Egypt’s backstreet kidney trade, says report
Egypt
September 3, 2016
Migrants lured by sex into Egypt’s backstreet kidney trade, says report
Brokers in Egypt's underground trade in human body parts use prostitutes to tempt migrants to sell their kidneys as hospitals…
Italy rescues 4,500 migrants in Mediterranean in one day, coast guard says
Middle East
July 6, 2016
Italy rescues 4,500 migrants in Mediterranean in one day, coast guard says
Some 4,500 migrants were rescued from rubber dinghies and a wooden boat in the Mediterranean on Tuesday, Italy's coast guard…
Italy rescues over 3,300 migrants over weekend
World
June 27, 2016
Italy rescues over 3,300 migrants over weekend
Italian coastguard and navy ships rescued over 3,300 migrants in 26 separate operations in the Mediterranean over the weekend, a…