Escalating Migration Crisis: Senegalese Migrants Landing in Canary Islands – Report from Dakar and Saint-Louis

2023-11-24 10:26:55 Published on: 11/24/2023 – 11:26 Since the start of the year, more than 30,000 migrants – mostly Senegalese – have landed on the Canary Islands in Spain. For its part, the Senegalese navy has intercepted more than 9,000 migrants since January, while shipwrecks are increasing. If the reasons for these departures are not … Read more

In Senegal, the lack of fish pushes fishermen into exodus

2023-11-21 16:52:24 Published on : 21/11/2023 – 17:52Modified : 21/11/2023 – 17:56 03:09 In Senegal, the lack of fish pushes fishermen into exodus AFP – SEYLLOU While artisanal fishing provided a livelihood for one in five inhabitants in Senegal, competition from foreign bottom trawlers, overfishing and climate change now leave local fishermen without prospects for … Read more

Search for Missing Migrant Boats: Urgent Collaboration Needed in Senegal, Spain, and Morocco

2023-07-12 06:52:16 “Every minute counts to find alive the more than 300 people on board Senegalese canoes (…). We need more research resources and better collaboration between Mauritania, Spain and Morocco”, insisted Tuesday 11 July on Twitter the founder of Caminando Fronteras, Helena Maleno. Three migrant boats, declared missing by the NGO off the Canary … Read more

EU offers Tunisia up to more than one billion euros in the long term

2023-06-11 10:05:43 The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, visiting Tunis on Sunday, accompanied by the head of the Italian government and the Dutch Prime Minister, proposed a “strengthening of the partnership” with Tunisia. This plan includes support for the fight against illegal immigration, with immediate financial aid of 150 million euros … Read more

The government of Djibouti carries out operations to counter illegal immigration

2023-05-01 00:26:50 Published on : 01/05/2023 – 02:26Modified : 01/05/2023 – 02:48 “Saturated” by an influx of migrants, Djibouti is tightening the screw. Interior Minister Said Nouh Hassan announced on Sunday two operations to “control these flows”, including the establishment of a “traffic document” for foreigners working. For questions of “security and public health”, the … Read more

Illegal migrants fleeing Tunisia: “I felt so happy here”

Côte d’Ivoire has come to the aid of its nationals living in Tunisia, with a repatriation operation for 500 Ivorians seeking to leave the country where they were driven from their homes. A situation that follows the words of the Tunisian president who denounced illegal immigration in his country. For several days, whole families have … Read more

Tunisian president advocates “urgent measures” against sub-Saharan immigration

Published on : 21/02/2023 – 23:21 During a meeting on Tuesday of the National Security Council, Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed spoke very harshly about “hordes of illegal migrants” from sub-Saharan Africa, whose presence is, according to him, a source of ” violence, crimes and unacceptable acts”, insisting on “the need to quickly end” this immigration. … Read more