Authorities in Laayoune, Morocco have been subjecting sub-Saharan migrants to constant harassment, an Ivorian in the city has told InfoMigrants. He said scores of migrants are being arrested and detained every day and "danger is everywhere."
An investigation by Greece’s national transparency watchdog has found no basis for reports that Greek authorities have pushed back asylum seekers trying to enter the country from Turkey.
Four African migrants have been found dead in eastern Tunisia. They likely died of cold or hunger after crossing over from Algeria, according to local authorities.
Cisse, Christian and Narcisse were among the first migrants to be rescued by the NGO vessel Sea-Watch 4. One year later, they are still fighting for a future in Europe.
More and more human rights groups, NGOs and international bodies are joining calls to free three migrants who convinced the captain of a merchant ship to not return more than 100 migrants to Libya two years ago. Meanwhile, a new report Malta and the EU's treatment of migrants overall.
UN refugee agency UNHCR is recommending the cessation of refugee status for Ivorian refugees by June 2022. The agency says that "fundamental and durable changes" in Cote d'Ivoire have made living there much safer.
In February 2020, Paul, a father from Côte d'Ivoire, first spoke with InfoMigrants about his chaotic situation in Paris where he was surviving without fixed accommodation with his then 4-year-old twin daughters. Contacted again by InfoMigrants a year and a half later, Paul reveals that his life has "clearly" improved. His daughters have been granted asylum, although he has not. They also went back to school. Here is his story.
A 17-year old migrant girl from Ivory Coast met her Spanish rescuer in a BBC video last week. Aicha was one of three people to survive a 22-day crossing from Mauritania when she was found drifting at sea by the Spanish Air Force.
More and more migrants are crossing the Mediterranean to Italy from Tunisia. The majority of them used to be Tunisian nationals, but this year there are increasing numbers of sub-Saharan Africans on board. Their determination is almost indestructible.
Eight months after arriving in France, 10-year-old Fatimate from Côte d'Ivoire and her family were about to be deported back to Italy. Thanks to a protest by the girl's school, the deportation has been postponed. But it has not been cancelled.
Sicilian authorities have now reported 49 positive COVID-19 tests from the group of 422 migrants who disembarked the Ocean Viking on Monday and Tuesday this week.
At least 43 migrants died off the coast of Libya in what has been described as the first major shipwreck in the area this year. While ten were rescued, the UN expects more casualties to follow.