Migrants
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Foreign
Italy to build migrant centres in Albania
Italy will build two centres in Albania to host tens of thousands of illegal migrants, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has…
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News
108 stranded Nigerian migrants return from Niger
The Federal Government has received 108 Nigerian migrants stranded in Niger Republic. This is contained in a statement by the…
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Africa
Just in: More than 60 migrants feared dead at sea
More than 60 people are feared dead after a boat carrying migrants was found off Cape Verde in West Africa.…
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Views
Worker shortage: Why doesn’t Japan come to Africa?
An article in The Citizen of March 30, 2023 sent me scurrying to satisfy my rising curiosity. Titled ‘Why advancements…
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Africa
UN urges probe into killing of 15 migrants in Libya
The UN has urged authorities in Libya to order a “swift, independent and transparent” investigation into the killing of 15…
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News
More than 500 migrants rescued off Italian island
Italian coastguard vessels have rescued 539 migrants from a fishing boat drifting off the island of Lampedusa. The rescue on…
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News
Libyan military frees 120 migrants from traffickers
Security forces in Libya have freed 120 people believed to be migrants who were held captive and tortured by human…
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Africa
20 migrants dies as boat sinks off Tunisia
At least 20 migrants have died after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean off the coast of Tunisia, officials say.…
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Africa
Spain’s Canary Islands see new influx of migrants from Gambia, Senegal
More than 1,000 migrants from Africa believed to be from Senegal and The Gambia have arrived in the Spanish Canary…
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Africa
15 migrants die as boat sinks off Libyan coast
At least 15 people died when rubber boats carrying irregular migrants sank Saturday in the Mediterranean Sea near Libya, according…