World Italian PM hails ‘courageous’ Albania migrant deal Rome — Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday hailed a controversial deal to send migrants for processing in... Read more 15 Oct, 2024
Countries ‘We don’t want to die here’: Sierra Leone migrants trapped in Lebanon Freetown – When an Israeli air strike killed her employer and destroyed nearly everything she owned in southern Lebanon,... Read more 4 Oct, 2024
World Six migrants killed by Mexican soldiers during highway chase Tuxtla Gutiérrez — Soldiers chasing suspicious vehicles on a highway in Mexico opened fire and killed six migrants, the... Read more 3 Oct, 2024
Companies Cape Town museum offers a window into life as a migrant worker under apartheid A bedroom in Hostel 33, the last apartheid migrant labour hostel in Cape Town. Photos: Mary-Anne Gontsana By Mary-Anne... Read more 2 Oct, 2024
Countries Senegal’s president vows to hunt down traffickers Dakar – Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Wednesday vowed to “relentlessly track down” migrant traffickers a day after... Read more 12 Sep, 2024
Libya Libya repatriates 369 Nigeria and Mali migrants Libya — Libya repatriated Tuesday 369 irregular migrants to their home countries Nigeria and Mali, including more than one... Read more 30 Jul, 2024
Countries 89 migrants dead at sea off Mauritania: news agency Mauritania – Nearly 90 migrants bound for Europe perished when their boat capsized earlier this week off the coast... Read more 5 Jul, 2024
World Russia sent 10,000 naturalised citizens to fight in Ukraine: official Russia – Russia has sent around 10,000 naturalised citizens to fight in Ukraine, a top official said Thursday, adding that... Read more 27 Jun, 2024
Countries No plans to accept UK-deported migrants – Dirco Cape Town – The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) has reortedly said that South Africa has no... Read more 3 May, 2024
Business SA needs to manage migrants better. That requires cleaning up the Department of Home Affairs Alan Hirsch, University of Cape Town Legal grievances against the South African Department of Home Affairs, including contempt of... Read more 4 Feb, 2024