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Tunisia migrants: False content goes viral on social media
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Tunisia migrants: False content goes viral on social media

Image caption,Ivory Coast is among countries that have repatriated their citizens from Tunisia By RemFalse and misleading social media videos about migrants from sub-Saharan Africa in Tunisia have been widely shared amid a wave of anti-migrant sentiment in that country. President Kais Saied of Tunisia said migration was a "plot" to change the country's demographic profile, and Ivory Coast and Guinea have begun repatriating their nationals due to fears for their safety. We've looked at several videos circulating online that claim to show African migrants in Tunisia, all of which are actually filmed elsewhere. Migrant protests not in Tunisia Several TikTok videos posted recently show large groups running along a street in what appears to be an angry protest. One of the...
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Italy shipwreck: At least 58 migrants killed off Calabria coast
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Italy shipwreck: At least 58 migrants killed off Calabria coast

At least 58 migrants, including a baby, have died and dozens more have survived after their roverloaded boat sank in rough seas off southern Italy. The vessel reportedly broke apart while trying to land with about 150 people aboard near the coastal town of Crotone in the Calabria region. Many bodies have been recovered from the beach at a nearby seaside resort. Large numbers of people fleeing conflict and poverty make the crossing from Africa to Italy each year. Local officials put the confirmed death toll in the latest tragedy to strike the central Mediterranean at either 58 or 59. Earlier the coastguard said 80 people had been recovered alive, "including some who managed to reach the shore after the sinking". Manuela Curra, a local government official, told Reuters new...
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Over 70 migrants jump from rescue ship and try to swim to Italian coast
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Over 70 migrants jump from rescue ship and try to swim to Italian coast

More than 70 migrants jumped overboard on a rescue ship while awaiting for permission to dock in southern Italy, according to a charity. Open Arms, a Spanish charity, said the migrants jumped into the sea out of frustration after learning that permission to enter Malta had been refused. They were rescued on Wednesday by Italian authorities off the coast of Palermo, southern Sicily. The search-and-rescue ship picked up three separate groups during attempts to cross the Mediterranean in small boats last week, and had around 280 migrants and refugees on board. Following the incident, the ship then headed towards Palermo, awaiting instructions on where to disembark the passengers. The Italian coast guard has transferred two pregnant women, and...
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At least 45 migrants dead in shipwreck off Libya
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At least 45 migrants dead in shipwreck off Libya

At least 45 migrants and refugees have died off the coast of Libya after the engine of vessel they were travelling on exploded, the UN has reported with five children said to be among the deceased. The incident in the Mediterranean sea off the coast of Zwara, which occurred on Monday, is the deadliest recorded shipwreck of the year so far according to the agency. Some 37 people, predominantly from Senegal, Mali, Chad and Ghana, are reported to have survived after being rescued by local fisherman and have since been detained. The Libyan coast is often used as a jumping off point for entry into Europe via Italy and Malta. Both the two European nationans and Libya have declared their ports unsafe due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, leading to reports of boats in distress bei...
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More Burkinabe migrants flout border closure directive
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More Burkinabe migrants flout border closure directive

The Upper West Regional Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has intercepted 13 Burkina Faso migrants at the Babile Inland Checkpoint in the Lawra Municipality for flouting the border closure directive. That was after the GIS arrested 13 Burkinabes on June 1, 2020, for sneaking into Ghana through unapproved routes at Hamile and one other at Tumu on June 6, 2020, for illegally entering into Ghana. A statement signed by Mr Ibn Yussif Duranah Abdul-Mumin Seidu, the Upper West Regional Public Affairs Officer of the GIS, and copied to the Ghana News Express said the illegal migrants comprised of nine males and four females, aged between 15 and 57 years. "They were ceased onboard a commercial vehicle with registration number BA 29-12 journeying from Hamile to Techiman", the s...
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