International Organization for Migration (IOM)
After losing jobs, many Sudanese struggle to make ends meet in Egypt
Egypt
July 14, 2020
After losing jobs, many Sudanese struggle to make ends meet in Egypt
CAIRO (Reuters) — After losing his job as house cleaner in Cairo, Sudanese refugee Abdel-Nasser Khamis has been struggling to…
Shooting at smuggling warehouse in Libya kills 30 migrants
Middle East
May 29, 2020
Shooting at smuggling warehouse in Libya kills 30 migrants
CAIRO (AP) — The family of a slain Libyan human trafficker attacked a group of migrants in a town that…
Boat carrying 91 migrants goes missing in Mediterranean
Middle East
February 21, 2020
Boat carrying 91 migrants goes missing in Mediterranean
CAIRO (AP) — A rubber dinghy packed with 91 migrants that set out from Libyan shores in hopes of reaching…
Coast guard catches and returns 81 migrants off Libyan coast
Middle East
February 11, 2020
Coast guard catches and returns 81 migrants off Libyan coast
CAIRO (AP) — The Libyan coast guard apprehended 81 migrants off the coast of Libya and returned them to the…
Illegal immigration from Egypt to Europe down to almost zero: IOM chief
Egypt
January 19, 2020
Illegal immigration from Egypt to Europe down to almost zero: IOM chief
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) Director General António Vitorino said on Saturday that the rate of illegal immigration from…
Ethiopian migrants die of hunger and thirst in stranded boat: U.N. agency
Middle East
July 31, 2019
Ethiopian migrants die of hunger and thirst in stranded boat: U.N. agency
DUBAI (Reuters) – At least 15 Ethiopians died after the boat trying to smuggle them into Yemen broke down and…
Niger’s migrant smugglers use ever deadlier routes through the Sahara
Middle East
July 5, 2019
Niger’s migrant smugglers use ever deadlier routes through the Sahara
Amadou Sissoko is a migrant whose journey so far has ended in a transit center in Agadez in central Niger.…
Libya: ‘New phase’ in fight for Tripoli
Middle East
April 21, 2019
Libya: ‘New phase’ in fight for Tripoli
Fresh clashes broke out in the Libyan capital’s southern districts on Saturday as the years long conflict between the country’s rival…
90 migrants feared drowned after boat capsizes off Libya: UN
Middle East
February 2, 2018
90 migrants feared drowned after boat capsizes off Libya: UN
About 90 people are feared drowned after a smugglers’ boat carrying mostly Pakistani migrants capsized off Libya’s coast early Friday,…