22 survivors receiving assistance from IOM’s Djibouti office and local authorities. The accident involved a boat carrying 60 Ethiopian migrants from Djibouti to Yemen. Nearly 1,000 migrants have died or gone missing on the “Eastern Route” since 2014. The UN’s International Organization for Migration reported on Tuesday the discovery of thirty-eight bodies, including children, following … Read more
314 refugees caught attempting to illegally enter Europe in Izmir, Turkish media report. Five individuals in charge of planning the crossings have been arrested. More than 37,000 undocumented refugees deported back to their home countries since the beginning of 2013. Approximately 4 million refugees reside in Turkey according to official estimates. At least 314 refugees … Read more
Somalia’s newly elected president thanked US Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday for ordering the redeployment of American troops to the Horn of Africa country to combat the Al-Shabaab militant group. The move contradicts an order issued by Biden’s predecessor, Donald Trump, who withdrew nearly all US forces from Somalia in late 2020 as he … Read more
