Mo Ibrahim, a Sudan-born billionaire, who made his money in telecommunications, (and has set up a foundation to encourage better governance in Africa with some of the profits), said at a meeting of his foundation in Ivory Coast in early April that migration should be viewed as a positive phenomenon and not a threat.
Refugees and migrants in Algeria are facing difficult times. Amid the country's ongoing political transformation, authorities choose to deal with sub-Saharan migrants in the country by deporting them to Niger – into the middle of the desert.
Before she reached the French port city of Marseille 18 months ago, 29-year-old Aïcha travelled thousands of kilometers to escape violence and death threats in Ivory Coast. Today, the single mother of four dreams of setting up an association defending women’s rights. InfoMigrants met her in the emergency shelter Saint-Just in Marseille where she works as a volunteer.
As the so-called ‘Salvini decree’ becomes law in Italy, the future for many migrants and refugees in the country is about to change. So how would those who work in the field of migration propose tackling the issue instead?
A Paris-based Ivorian refugee retraced the dangerous route he took through Africa to escape civil war and produced Revenir, eye-opening documentary screened at the African Film Festival in Cologne.
A German government program aims to help migrants who choose to leave Germany voluntarily to find jobs and prospects in their home countries. But critics say the results of the program are little more than lip service.
Migration can pose challenges to malaria control and elimination, the IOM warns. The organization promotes efforts to tackle one of the oldest, yet most pervasive public health threats of our time.
The UNHCR reports that it has successfully evacuated over 1,300 refugees from Libya since November 2017, while the International Organization for Migration has helped 15,000 migrants return to their countries of origin with support from the EU and the African Union.
According to a recent report released by the OECD and ILO, immigrants play a positive role in the economies of developing countries, which need to implement policies to maximize the economic impact of immigration.
A CNN report shows human beings being auctioned off in Libya. A new project in Italy finds Italian hosts for newcomers and find out why Sundays are so quiet in Germany. All this and more in today's news summary.
A mother from the Ivory Coast was able to embrace her four-year-old son for the first time in several months. Oumo Totopa was at a reception center in Spain awaiting to be reunited with her son, who was held at a center in Melilla while authorities worked to verify her status as his mother.
This is the story of Aisha, a woman who fled from Ivory Coast to save her daughter from genital mutilation, but ended up in the hands of people smugglers.