A hard-hitting book, “Magic system: African footballers and the modern slave trade” tells the story of the newest type of human trade: that of African footballers who are ready to do anything in the hope of getting to Europe.
Last week the International Organization for Migration (IOM) hosted a job and training fair for returned migrants in Cote d'Ivoire to help them reintegrate and find work in their home country.
The Italian Interior Ministry advised that a total of 1,200 migrants had arrived by sea in September to date. Meanwhile, arrivals by small boat continue unabated, in particular on the islands of Lampedusa and Sardinia.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Tunisia has reported that a group of Ivorian migrants that had been stranded at the border between Tunisia and Libya are now safe and receiving humanitarian assistance.
The Italian Supreme Court of Cassation has ruled in favor of a homosexual migrant from the Ivory Coast. He had been denied refugee status in Italy even though he said he faced serious threats from his family back home.
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.