Some migrants claim that they were abused by Algerian officials before and during their deportations. Algeria is one of several North African countries that have not signed an African Union protocol on the free circulation of people.
This picture shows sub-saharan migrants being helped by doctors in the southern Algerian city of Tamanrasset.
Migrant arrivals by sea to Spain tripled in 2017 on the previous year, mainly because of a surge in the numbers of Algerians and Moroccans, while over 200 died trying to make the crossing.
This picture shows Tatah Lehbib Breica developing his project to build "climate responsive buildings." Breica was born in a refugee camp close to Tindouf, Algeria.
Most of the refugees arriving in Melilla, a Spanish exclave in Northern Africa, are Syrians, Yemenis and Algerians. But no blacks apply for asylum on the border. Why is that? Santiago Saez reports from Melilla.
A new joint report takes a critical stance on the European Union's Khartoum Process and suggests it puts more migrants in harm's way, instead of limiting mass migration and combating issues of trafficking and smuggling.
Human Rights Watch has accused Algeria of rounding up and expelling migrants from sub-Sahara Africa. The EU will soon implement border fingerprint checks for all third-state nationals, and Italy and Tunisia are joining forces in a development project involving the Tunisian diaspora. This and more in today's roundup.
The latest report by Human Rights Watch has accused Algerian authorities of sending back migrants and refugees from sub-Saharan countries to Niger and Mali. More than 3,000 people have been deported since late August this year.
Human rights watchdog says French police have continued to abuse migrants near the site of the former "Jungle" camp. Universities and refugee services plan to come together to better explain the difficulties migrants face and Jordan receives far less help than what it wanted to host Syrian refugees. This and more in the daily InfoMigrants news roundup.
Amnesty International has issued a report claiming that the Algerian authorities have forcibly expelled over 2,000 sub-Saharan migrants in recent weeks to neighboring Niger and Mali, including 300 minors.
The Finance Police have rescued a Algerian migrant boat off Sardinia, where 43 Algerians arrived in Cagliari and the southwestern part of the island between Thursday night and Friday morning.
The Algerian writer Amara Lakhous, who has been living in Italy for 22 years, feels migrating is the last hope for North African youths to achieve their dreams of a better life. He added that it is a form of protest against corruption in their countries, which they see as a large prison.