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Guinea’s Returnee Migrants Harness the Strength of Unity

CONAKRY, Mar 19 2019 (IPS) - Elhadj Mohamed Diallo was a prisoner in Libya between October and November 2017, but he was not helpless. Far from his home in Guinea he understood the power of an organised union. He mobilised other detainees around him to maintain order in the prison and to demand…

Hope Springs Once Again for Nigeria’s Returnee Migrants

BENIN CITY, Mar 4 2019 (IPS) - Nigeria accounts for some of the largest number of irregular migrants trying to reach Europe from Africa. Since April 2017, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has assisted over 10,000 stranded migrants in Libya, Niger, Mali and other transit or…

Ce qu’ils ont vu sur la route de l’eldorado - La Presse+

Dakar, Sénégal — Elmas étudie le droit et rêve d’immigrer au Canada. Mais pas question pour lui de rejoindre ses compatriotes sénégalais sans un visa en poche. « Ce soir, j’ai vu des revenants, je dirais même des rescapés de la migration », s’exclame l’homme de 24 ans à la sortie d’une projection-…