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Spanish police investigating migrant boat deaths detain five Follow Us Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Friday, April 9, 2021 BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Spanish police say they have detained five men for allegedly navigating two migrant boats to the Canary Islands and being responsible for the deaths of some of its passengers. The men are being investigated for “favoring illegal immigration” with th...

InfoMigrants By Sertan Sanderson Published on : 2021/03/09 The Council of Europe (CoE) has published a new report about developments in Europes response to the migration situation on the continent. The document highlights a series of shortcomings that have marginalized and endangered migrants especially during the COVID crisis. Among the most important trends related to the European migration situation, the report highlighted that in t...

Today (1 March), MEPs will assess the situation on the Canary Islands, following the surge in migrants’ arrivals in the last months and the limited reception capacity. The Civil Liberties Committee will discuss the latest developments with Commissioner Ylva Johansson, President of the Canary Islands Ángel Víctor Torres and a representative of the NGO Spanish […]

InfoMigrants By Benjamin Bathke Published on : 2021/02/23 Some 350 African migrants, including over 100 children, have reportedly been freed from a secret prison in southeast Libya. The UN migration agency, IOM, said many of them were malnourished and had been abused. Libyan authorities on Sunday raided a secret prison in a southeastern city used by human traffickers and freed at least 156 African migrants, the Associated Press (AP) r...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A court in Senegal has sentenced three men to jail terms for pushing their sons to migrate by sea to Europe, a trip that led to the death of one, according to local reports. The three were found guilty of “endangering the lives of others,” and sentenced to two years in prison, with 23 months suspended. Among those sentenced in the coastal town of Mbour Tuesday was Mamadou Lamine Faye, whose teenage son died along the route. Doudou Faye’s father had paid the equiv...

Migrants Day: Over 3,000 die during migration journeys in 2020 UNB 19th December, 2020 10:34:23 The International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s Missing Migrants Project has recorded over 3,000 deaths on migratory routes worldwide so far in 2020. IOM released the data for 2020 inclusive upto December 17 on Friday on occasion of the International Migrants Day. Despite COVID-19 and the extensive travel restrictions and measures implemented on borders across the world in an attempt to contro...

IOM records over 3,000 migrant deaths so far this year Star Online Report Star Online Report The International Organization for Migrations (IOM)s Missing Migrants Project has recorded over 3,000 deaths on migratory routes worldwide so far in 2020. Despite Covid-19 and the extensive travel restrictions and measures implemented on borders across the world in an attempt to control the spread of the virus, tens of thousands of people continued to leave ...

Migrants in Vulnerable Situations Berlin – The International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s Missing Migrants Project has recorded over 3,000 deaths on migratory routes worldwide so far in 2020. Despite COVID-19 and the extensive travel restrictions and measures implemented on borders across the world in an attempt to control the spread of the virus, tens of thousands of people continued to leave their homes and embark on dangerous journeys across deserts and seas. Though the overall num...

Over 3,000 people die during migration journeys in 2020 despite COVID-19 pandemic Format © IOM Berlin-- The International Organization for Migration (IOM)s Missing Migrants Project has recorded over 3,000 deaths on migratory routes worldwide so far in 2020. Despite COVID-19 and the extensive travel restrictions and measures implemented on borders across the world in an attempt to control the spread of the virus, tens of thousands of people continued to leave their homes and embark on dangerous...