April 24
Botswana: Botswana Rejects Controversial UK Proposal On Asylum-Seekers
Botswana says it has rejected a proposal to accept asylum-seekers from the United Kingdom, an arrangement similar to the one Rwanda has agreed to. Read more »
April 23
Rwanda: Migrants Drown in English Channel As Deportation Bill Is Approved
Five migrants, including a child, have died while attempting to cross the English Channel from France to the United Kingdom, according to French authorities on Tuesday. Read more »
March 22
Libya: Migrant Organization - At Least 65 Bodies Found in Mass Grave in Libya
The bodies of at least 65 migrants have been discovered in a mass grave in Libya, the International Organization for Migration said Friday, adding that it is "profoundly shocked… Read more »
January 27
Somalia: Somali Parents Agonize Over Missing Migrants
On September 27, 2009, Abdulkadir Mohamud called his mother in Columbus, Ohio, to tell her he was boarding a boat from Libya that evening, along with his cousin Nasteha Mohamed… Read more »
January 17
Rwanda: UK Lawmakers Pass Bill to Send Migrants to Rwanda, but Hurdles Remain
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak quelled a Conservative Party rebellion and got his stalled plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda through the House of Commons… Read more »
December 23, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Diaspora Voters Favor Tshisekedi in DR Congo Polls
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Independent National Electoral Commission published partial results Friday for the December 20 presidential election. This first session… Read more »
December 04, 2023
Rwanda: Britain Persists With Rwanda Plan for Migrants
Britain is continuing its efforts to have migrants seeking asylum in Britain sent instead to Rwanda to seek asylum there. Read more »
October 23, 2023
West Africa: Scores of African Migrants Arrive On Spain's Canary Islands
Authorities say more than 1,300 sub-Saharan African migrants reached Spain's Canary Islands, a seven-island Atlantic archipelago, this weekend. Read more »
October 02, 2023
Africa: New IOM Chief Seeks More Regular Pathways for Migration
On assuming her post as the new director general of the International Organization for Migration, Amy Pope said that one of her main priorities was to build more regular pathways… Read more »
September 23, 2023
Africa: Pope Says Migrants At Sea 'Must Be Rescued'
"People who are at risk of drowning when abandoned on the waves must be rescued," Pope Francis said Friday in Marseille, France, at a memorial dedicated to sailors and migrants.… Read more »
September 18, 2023
Africa: Italy Toughens Asylum Laws Amid Surge in Migrant Arrivals
Italy's government passed toughened asylum laws Monday as the country faces a surge in migrant arrivals on its southern shores. Read more »
July 18, 2023
Tunisia: EU-Tunisia Deal Seeks to Plug Irregular Migration, but Will It Work?
Tunisia has overtaken Libya as the top embarkation point for African migrants heading to Europe starting in Italy. Tunisia's leaders have recently signed a deal with the EU to work… Read more »
March 27, 2023
Tunisia: 29 Migrant Bodies Recovered Off Tunisian Coast
The bodies of at least 29 people, many of them sub-Saharan Africans, were recovered from the Mediterranean Sea over the weekend off the coast of Tunisia, according to the Tunisian… Read more »
December 06, 2022
Morocco: Spain Under Pressure Over Migrant Deaths On Moroccan Border
Rights groups are pressuring Spain's government over the deaths of at least 23 people after thousands of migrants forced their way through the European Union's only land border… Read more »
October 19, 2022
Botswana: Botswana Expresses Concerns Over Influx of Asylum Seekers
Botswana has expressed concern over an influx of asylum seekers who fled from countries where they had already been granted refugee status. Nearly 700 refugees have arrived from… Read more »
October 13, 2022
Somalia: Somali Survivor Tells Tale of Greek Migrant Shipwreck
A failed engine and high waves were to blame for the fatal shipwreck that killed at least 18 Europe-bound migrants off the coast of Greece last week, one survivor tells VOA. Read more »
September 16, 2022
South Africa: Survey Shows Over Half of Country's Graduates Considering Emigration
A survey in South Africa shows more than half of graduates are considering moving to another country because of few opportunities at home. Business Unity South Africa, which… Read more »
June 10, 2022
Rwanda: British Plan to Fly Asylum Seekers to Rwanda Faces Last-Minute Legal Challenge
Britain's plan to fly asylum seekers 6,000 kilometers to Rwanda faces a last-minute legal challenge. Read more »