More secretive deals to accept deported third-country migrants from the US degrade democracy and don’t serve African countries. Throughout 2026 there have been reports, almost exclusively initiated by journalists and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), of third-country migrant deportations from the United States (US) to African countries. On 18 April, 15 people from South American countries arrived…
A collision between a speedboat carrying migrants and a Greek coast guard patrol vessel off the eastern Aegean island of Chios has killed at least 15 people, the coast guard said late Tuesday, while a search and rescue operation involving patrol boats, a helicopter and divers was underway for potentially missing people. The bodies of…
Africa’s migrant workers continue to face widespread exploitation, abuse and insecurity despite the existence of regional and global protection frameworks, the African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation, ITUC-Africa, has warned. In a statement issued on December 18, by Akhator Odigie General Secretary, ITUC-Africa, the group said the continent remains a region of…
ERT reported that 56 people have been rescued so far, and the search for possible further passengers was ongoing. At least three people died after a boat carrying migrants capsized south of the Greek island of Crete, the ERT broadcaster reported, citing the coastguard. ERT reported that 56 people have been rescued so far, and…
The Minister for Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment, Hon. Baboucar Joof, on Wednesday revealed that Spain has given 33 absconded Gambian seasonal workers until October 6 to return home or face permanent exclusion from the Circular Migration Programme that once promised them a legal path to Europe. Minister Joof confirmed that out of 39…
In the past six months, a team from ZAM and NAIRE, in seven African countries, including PREMIUM TIMES in Nigeria, investigated the Russian recruitment exercise–asking why so many young Africans take the chance to go, sometimes even after being warned. Late last year, the world was alerted to the disturbing news that Russia was recruiting…
Three young sisters have drowned in a rubber boat carrying migrants in the central Mediterranean after waves of up to 1.5m (4.9 ft) repeatedly washed over the vessel, a German rescue charity has said. About 65 people were rescued, including the sisters’ mother and brother, as well as three pregnant women and a seven-month-old baby,…
At least 76 people were killed and dozens are missing after a boat carrying mostly Ethiopian migrants sank off Yemen, in the latest tragedy on the perilous sea route, officials told AFP Monday. Yemeni security officials said 76 bodies had been recovered and 32 people rescued from the shipwreck in the Gulf of Aden. The…
The vessel was taking Ethiopians to Yemen, a popular transit country for migrants to reach wealthy Gulf nations such as Saudi Arabia. The UN says Yemen is witnessing an influx of African migrants, despite a civil war. A vessel carrying African migrants sank off the coast of Yemen, killing dozens, the UN’s International Organization for Migration…
Portland, U.S. — To be, or not to be, an undocumented migrant, that is the question for millions of men, women and children in many less developed countries. “Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing…
