Immigration
The Grass is Always Greener
Most mornings I pass by the American Embassy on my way to the gym. There is always a long queue of people waiting...
Treason cases split Zimbabwe lawyers association
On-going treason trials in Zimbabwe have split an influential grouping of human rights lawyers over accusations of rampant partisan representation and neglect of arrested...
To Return Or Not to Return
It’s a question that haunts many Ghanaian immigrants at one time or another during our stay in our adopted lands. No matter where in...
Zimbabweans in South Africa risk deportation after passport office fire
A centralized governance system in Zimbabwe has come under attack by
citizens after the southern African country's entire passports processing center was gutted by fire,...
South Africa: A deliberate move to deport Zimbabwean immigrants?
Thousands of Zimbabweans living in South Africa face a gloomy Christmas as they have just under 10 days left before a December 31 deadline...
Nigeria’s mass deportations to root out extremism ahead of polls?
The Nigerian government has embarked on massive deportation of illegal immigrants from Chad, Cameroun and Niger due to suspicion that Islamist sects in Nigeria...
Gabon deports several Whites for racism
Authorities in Gabon recently expelled several European nationals for racism. Those expelled are mainly expatriates who worked in the oil sector. According to the...
South Africa’s battle against cowardice
Considering the new wave of xenophobic attacks against black Zimbabweans, some black South Africans now have conceded that they are a brood of insecure,...
UK gets ready to send thousands of Zimbabweans back home
Zimbabwean nationals who were denied asylum in the United Kingdom face renewed deportation threats after a United Kingdom Border Agency fact-finding team visited Harare...
Second class French citizens?
A proposal to strip French citizenship of foreign-born offenders who put the lives of public officers in danger, by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has...
Zimbabwe: Chilling tales of abuse of African immigrants emerge
Scores of asylum seekers from African countries are languishing in Zimbabwe prisons with hardened criminals as most of them are quickly
arrested by authorities upon...
South Africa: Black foreign nationals flee over xenophobic attack fears
Scores of Zimbabwean and other African immigrants in South Africa, according to reports are making frantic efforts to leave the country at the very...
Morocco and Spain strengthen immigration cooperation
Moroccan and Spanish cooperation to fight against illegal immigration has reached its expected goal.
A meeting between the secretary-general of Morocco's foreign ministry,...
Libya and Spain discuss controversial immigration pact
Libya and Spain have met ahead of an African and European summit to discuss the development of Africa and the control of illegitimate immigration...
Zimbabwean asylum seekers top UN chart ahead of Somalia, Afghanistan
A report released by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Tuesday reveal that Zimbabwe topped the charts by having more of its people...
Libya: Gaddafi coerces Europe
A Swiss businessman Max Göldi who had been held in a Libyan jail since July 2008, following the arrest of Hannibal, son of Muammar...
TheLoop21.com’s ‘Economic Survey of Black America’ Finds Overwhelming Majority of African-Americans Believe Creating Jobs is More Important Than Reducing the Deficit
With signs that the worst recession in eighty years may be nearing an end, a panel of more than 3,000 college-educated African-American consumers and...
Ghana- IOM Organizes Regional Training Workshop on Protection of Migrants in Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in Accra, Ghana, May 4-6
IOM Organizes Regional Training Workshop on Protection of Migrants in Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in Accra, Ghana, May 4-6 - IOM's...
Indignities implicit in Arizona immigration crackdown
Common sense, Albert Einstein once observed, is the collection of prejudices. Taking a twist on Einstein’s observation, recent legislation approved in the U.S. state...
Mali Remains a Country of Emigration and Transit, IOM Migration Profile Confirms
A migration profile of Mali released today finds that this landlocked West African country remains essentially a country of emigration, although increasing numbers of...
Somalia: IOM Assists Ethiopian Migrants Stranded in Somalia with Return Home and Reintegration
IOM assisted 490 Ethiopian migrants stranded in Somalia, predominantly women and children, to return home during the first week of April. According to Somali...
U.S.: Minority Advocates, Constituents Differ on Immigration
While it is sometimes assumed that minorities, particularly Hispanics, favor increased immigration and legalization for illegal immigrants, a new Zogby survey finds that minority...
Angola: International Office of Migration Provides Support to Vulnerable Returnee Communities in Angola
With new funding of 900,000 Euros from the Spanish International Cooperation Agency (AECID by its Spanish acronym), IOM Angola will provide immediate assistance to...
African Immigrants in Italy: A shadow of ethnic cleansing?
To give a dog a bad name in order to hang it has become synonymous to the plight of African immigrants in Italy. The...
Ghana: Skilled Ghanaians increasing look to countries outside of Africa for work
A migration profile of Ghana released today by IOM finds that a combination of a growing and increasingly educated Ghanaian labour force, a lack...
Mali’s prostitution gold mines a transit point to Europe?
Bars of a new genre are flourishing in Sanso since Morila gold mine opened in 2001 in Mali. The keepers of the place...
East Africa: UK and IOM Support East African Community in enhancing free movement of people between partner ptates
The United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID) is to sign an agreement with IOM today supporting the East African Community (EAC) in efforts...
Eritrea: National football teams thousands flee for dear life
The repressive and authoritarian government regime in Eritrea has suffered a new disapproval as its national football team refused to return to the country...
Africa in the European Union
Unexpected things are happening all over the world, especially amidst Africans. That the King of Swaziland got married to yet another eighteen year old...
A serious French identity crisis: Who do you think you are?
In the old musical, Jesus Christ Superstar, there is the chorus that sings the question: Jesus Christ, Superstar, who do you think you are?...