African Migration
Europe
Number of EU Asylum Requests Sees Largest Spike Since 2015
The number of asylum seekers in the European Union, Switzerland, and Norway went up by a significant 28 percent in the first half of 2023. This is as compared to the same period of the previous year, according to...
Europe
Deadly New Trend Developing in African Migration to Europe
The International Organization for Migration reports a sharp increase in the number of sub-Saharan Africans making the dangerous sea journey from Libya to Italy. But the organization says a deadly new trend is developing on board the boats that...
Europe
Europe Pledges $1.9 Billion for ‘Root Causes’ of African Migration
At a summit in Malta attended by European and African leaders, the European Union agreed on a nearly $2 billion aid package aimed at tackling the root causes of migration. Hundreds of thousands of people have crossed the Mediterranean...