Migrant Tragedy in English Channel Following UK’s Rwanda Policy Approval
Five migrants, including a child, lost their lives in an attempt to cross the English Channel from France to Britain in an overcrowded small boat […]
asylum
UN Reports: 16 Fatalities, Including Children, as Asylum-Seeker Boat Overturns Near Djibouti
The UN’s migration agency reports that a boat carrying asylum seekers capsized off the Djibouti coast, resulting in at least 16 fatalities and 28 individuals […]
British MPs pass bill to deport migrants to Rwanda
British Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak overcame an attempt by his majority to get MPs to give the green light to his bill to relocate […]
Rwanda to welcome prospective immigrants to Britain
Rwanda has signed a multi-million dollar agreement with Britain to host asylum seekers and migrants of various nationalities seeking to enter the United Kingdom, authorities […]
Tunisia: Algerian opposition figure Slimane Bouhafs handed over to Algeria
He disappeared on August 25, in Tunis, under troubling circumstances. Taken away by men who did not declare their identity, Slimane Bouhafs, an Algerian refugee, […]
Rwanda: President Habyarimana’s widow heard by the French justice system
Agathe Habyarimana, the widow of the former Rwandan president, suspected of being involved in the 1994 genocide, was heard by the French justice system on […]
Commonwealth Games: 8 Cameroon athletes “abscond”
Seven Cameroonian athletes have fled from their accommodation at the Commonwealth Games in Australia, team officials said on Wednesday. The missing weightlifters and boxers were […]
France to welcome 3,000 refugees from Africa by 2019
France will welcome about 10,000 refugees by 2019, President Emmanuel Macron announced on Monday after meeting with the President of the UN High Commission for […]
Equatorial Guinea’s Opposition Says Jammeh Does not Qualify for Asylum
Equatorial Guinea’s opposition parties on Monday have expressed reservations over the government’s decision to welcome former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh in the Central African nation. […]
Gambia: Nigerian Army Says no Intervention Planned, MPs Offer Asylum for Jammeh
The Nigerian Army on Thursday dispelled news that it had troops ready to forcefully remove the outgoing Gambian President Yahya Jammeh when his tenure expires […]