African Migrants

• Second African migrant dies while waiting for shelter space in Mississauga

  Advocates on Friday issued pleas for help after a second African migrant died while waiting for space at a Mississauga shelter.

  Canada

  Feb 23
  
• More than 60 migrants feared dead after boat rescued off Atlantic island

  The Spanish migration advocacy group Walking Borders said the vessel was a large fishing boat, called a pirogue, which had left Senegal on July 10.

  World

  Aug 17, 2023
  
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• Migrants blocked from Europe, returned to Libya in ‘vicious cycle of cruelty’: report

  In its latest report, the group also said that rival authorities in eastern Libya forcibly expelled several thousand migrants ``without due process or the opportunity to challenge their deportation.''

  World

  Sep 24, 2020
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• Nearly 200 Europe-bound migrants intercepted at sea by Libya’s coast guard

  Spokesman Ayoub Gassim said Saturday that five rubber boats carrying 199 migrants were intercepted over the past several days near the capital, Tripoli.

  World

  Jun 22, 2019
• Africans among migrants trekking to Mexican border — in record numbers

  More than 500 African migrants were found walking in groups across the Rio Grande — more than double the total of 211 African migrants who were detained by the Border Patrol along the U.S.-Mexico border in the 2018 fiscal year.

  World

  Jun 16, 2019
• Israel to send 16,000 African migrants to Western countries, including Canada

  Israel said it has canceled a plan to deport African migrants to Africa and reached an agreement with the UN refugee agency to send more than 16,000 to Western countries instead.

  World

  Apr 2, 2018
• Italy earthquake: African migrants among volunteers in quake zone helping survivors

  African migrants hoping to start a new life in Italy after risking their lives crossing the Mediterranean have headed to the area of Wednesday's earthquake.

  World

  Aug 26, 2016