HRW: Foreigners ‘live in constant fear’ in South Africa
Foreign nationals in South Africa suffer “routine” harassment, violence and discrimination by locals and government authorities, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday. The group...
Tag : Migrants
83 stranded migrants rescued in Sahara desert
Reuters Eighty-three migrants were saved last week after their smugglers abandoned them in the Sahara desert in northern Niger, the International Organisation for Migration said...
Exhausted migrants wade to Kent coast as record 409 make trip across Channel
Arrivals staggered onto the beach at Dover after their perilous journey (Picture: Steve Finn) These dramatic images show migrants staggering onto the Kent coast after...
Banksy pays for boat to rescue refugees in the Mediterranean
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Mystery street artist Banksy has paid for...
Migrants who crossed Channel to UK ‘on hunger strike’ to avoid being deported
Border Force officers have intercepted a number of boats crossing the Channel in recent weeks (Picture: PA) More than a dozen migrants detained after entering...
Man jailed for smuggling two children and seven adults across Channel in dinghy
Altaib Mobarak was detained by Border Force on July 7 after being stopped with nine migrants, all of whom were Sudanese and Yemeni nationals, in...
UK blamed for death of Sudanese boy, 16, who tried to cross Channel
French National Assembly member Pierre-Henri Dumont (left) took aim at the British government over the death of a 16-year-old from Sudan (Picture: Getty/BBC/UNPIXS) A French...
Young migrant attacked on beach moments after arriving in UK
The young man in his 20s (not pictured) was not seriously injured in the assault (Picture: PA/Getty Images) A young migrant who crossed the English...
IOM: 23 illegal immigrants rescued off Libyan coast
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said that 23 illegal immigrants have been rescued off the Libyan coast. “Today, 23 migrants, among them two women...
More than 500 migrants cross English Channel to UK in three days
Four migrants in a small dinghy use shovels as paddles to cross the English Channel (Picture: Ryan Sosna-Bowd/Getty Images) More than 500 migrants have crossed...