Prof. Gyampo Contends ‘simplistic’ Reason For Africans Migration To Europe
A political science professor at the University of Ghana is contending the long-held arguments that most Africans migrate to Europe ...
Tag: International Organization for Migration
Parliament Briefed On Horrifying Situation In Libya
Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament and MP for Nsawam Adoagyiri, Annor Dompreh has briefed Parliament on the ...
Truth About Ghanaian Migrants Allegedly Sold Into Slavery
Libya Slave Trade – Responding to the massive calls for government intervention in the slavery crisis in Libya, Ghana’s Ministry ...
France Will Set Up ‘hotspots’ In Libya To Find Genuine Asylum Seekers
French president Emmanuel Macron has announced his country will set up processing 'hotspots' in Libya for asylum seekers trying to ...
France Announces Plan To Vet Asylum-Seekers In Libya
France will set up processing centres in Libya for asylum seekers trying to reach Europe across the Mediterranean, President Emmanuel ...
France To Conduct Asylum Seeker Checks In Libya
France will set up processing centres this summer in Libya for asylum seekers trying to reach Europe across the Mediterranean, ...
Key Challenges In Putting An End To Libya’s Chaos
France is hosting a rare meeting on Tuesday between Libya's UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj and military strongman Khalifa Haftar ...
Rival Libyan Leaders In France To Seek Way Out of Chaos
Libya's UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj holds French-brokered talks Tuesday with Khalifa Haftar, the rival military commander who controls the ...
Libya Rescues 150 Europe-Bound Migrants Off Tripoli
Libya's coastguard rescued at least 150 migrants who were trying to reach Europe on Monday, after their inflatable boat had ...
Immigration Service Intensifies Fight Against Cross Border Crimes
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has indicated its preparedness to tackle cross border crimes including human trafficking and other irregular ...
Migrants Rescued Crossing Sahara Desert
Twenty-three west African migrants, including a seven-year-old girl, were found alive after being abandoned in the depths of the Sahara, ...
Return To Mosul A Distant Dream For Many Displaced
Yassin Najem knows he has to start again from scratch. His home in Mosul has been bombed, and for him ...
More Than 800,000 People Still Displaced From Mosul
More than a million people were displaced from Mosul by the battle in the Iraqi city against the Islamic State ...
Immigration Service Opens Border Post At Agortime-Afegame
The has opened a new border post in Agortime-Afegame in the Volta Region to improve surveillance in fighting cross-border crimes. ...
67 Migrants Saved After Being Left For Dead In Niger Desert
Niger authorities rescued 67 West African migrants in Niger's northern desert this week after traffickers left them there without food ...
Dozens Feared Drowned After ‘migrant Boat Sinks Off Libya’
Some 60 people are missing and believed drowned after the dinghy they were on sank off Libya, the International Organization ...
IOM Says 600 Migrants Saved From Niger In Three Months
Some 600 West African migrants heading for Europe have been saved since April from the Niger desert after being abandoned ...
Human Trafficking Report Rates Ghana Favourably
Ghana has been ranked a Tier 2 Watch List country in the 2017 Trafficking in Persons report released on Tuesday ...
Nearly 130 Migrants Feared Dead In Mediterranean After Shipwreck
At least 126 migrants were feared dead after their boat sank off the coast of Libya while trying to make ...
Danger, Extortion, Suffering On Migrant Route To Europe
Extortion, corruption and fear; violence, hunger and sometimes even death: for west African migrants dreaming of reaching Europe, the road ...