Migrants Archives - Freedom Online ...express yourself Wed, 03 Jan 2024 16:49:23 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://freedomonline.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cropped-icon-32x32.png Migrants Archives - Freedom Online 32 32 Some 87,000 undocumented migrants arrested in Moroccan borders in 2023 https://freedomonline.com.ng/some-87000-undocumented-migrants-arrested-in-moroccan-borders-in-2023/ https://freedomonline.com.ng/some-87000-undocumented-migrants-arrested-in-moroccan-borders-in-2023/#respond Wed, 03 Jan 2024 16:49:23 +0000 https://freedomonline.com.ng/?p=216504 Moroccan army units and law enforcement authorities arrested about 87,000 undocumented migrants in 2023, most of them from sub-Saharan Africa, the army’s General Command said Wednesday. The army said in a statement that the arrests were part of its efforts to monitor borders and maritime areas and combat cross-border threats. The statement also said that […]

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]]> https://freedomonline.com.ng/some-87000-undocumented-migrants-arrested-in-moroccan-borders-in-2023/feed/ 0 276 migrants intercepted off Libyan coast in 1 week, says IOM https://freedomonline.com.ng/276-migrants-intercepted-off-libyan-coast-in-1-week-says-iom/ https://freedomonline.com.ng/276-migrants-intercepted-off-libyan-coast-in-1-week-says-iom/#respond Tue, 19 Sep 2023 15:28:11 +0000 https://freedomonline.com.ng/?p=205569 The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said in a statement on Tuesday that 276 migrants were intercepted off the coast of Libya in the past week. “From Sept. 10 to 16, 276 migrants were intercepted and returned to Libya,’’ the statement read. The rescued migrants include 17 women and 11 children, it added. So far […]

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]]> https://freedomonline.com.ng/276-migrants-intercepted-off-libyan-coast-in-1-week-says-iom/feed/ 0 Spanish coastguard rescues three African migrants stowed away on ship’s rudder https://freedomonline.com.ng/spanish-coastguard-rescues-three-african-migrants-stowed-away-on-ships-rudder/ https://freedomonline.com.ng/spanish-coastguard-rescues-three-african-migrants-stowed-away-on-ships-rudder/#respond Tue, 29 Nov 2022 10:37:21 +0000 https://freedomonline.com.ng/?p=178897 The Spanish coastguard said it rescued three migrants stowed away on the rudder of a ship that arrived in the Canary Islands from Nigeria. In a photograph distributed on Twitter by the coastguard on Monday, the three stowaways are shown perched on the rudder of the oil and chemical tanker Althini II. The Althini II […]

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