SIHMA Press Review for July 2026
Africa Time 31 July 2026 Why Thousands of Moroccan Migrants Crossed Into the Spanish Exclave Ceuta The Spanish exclave of Ceuta declared a humanitarian emergency after roughly 50,000 migrants swam across from Morocco since Thursday, killing at least 67 people, though Spain's Interior Ministry said over 48,300 had already been returned to Morocco by Friday; Ceuta's President Juan Jesús Vivas called it "a situation of absolute humanitarian...
SIHMA Press Review for June 2026
Africa Nigerian Tribune 22 June 2026 Nigeria currently hosts over 100,000 refugees, asylum seekers Nigeria's Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, reaffirmed the Tinubu administration's commitment to protecting and empowering refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced persons, saying the government is deliberately "shifting from palliatives to pathways" by linking humanitarian response to long-term development through livelihoods, agribusiness, education and social protection, built on three...
SIHMA Press Review for May 2026
Africa TVC News 25 May 2026 Human Trafficking: Nigeria Immigration Service Raises Alarm Over Fake Travel Offers The Nigeria Immigration Service issued a public advisory warning against rising fraudulent migration schemes, cautioning that criminal networks increasingly target vulnerable people, particularly young women and girls with false promises of jobs, education or a better life abroad that often lead to forced labor and trafficking. The agency urged Nigerians...
SIHMA Press Review for April 2026
Africa AP 28 April2026 Uganda detains 231 foreigners in crackdown on possible human trafficking Ugandan authorities detained 231 foreigners since Monday in a crackdown on illegal migration tied to human trafficking and cyberscam operations, targeting a group of Nigerians in northern Uganda and a mixed group from countries including Pakistan, India, Myanmar...
SIHMA Press Review for March 2026
Africa Aljazeera 27 Febuary 2026 Deadly journeys: Refugees, migrants risk everything to reach Europe More than 560 people have gone missing in the Mediterranean while attempting to reach Europe in less than two months of the new year, putting it on track to be among the deadliest years on record, with at least 500 lost crossing from Libya, Tunisia,...
SIHMA Press Review for February 2026
Africa Amnesty International 26 January 2026 Algeria/Tunisia: Forced return of asylum seeker and political dissident a violation of international law Amnesty International has condemned Algeria's forced return of former Tunisian parliamentarian and government critic Seifeddine Makhlouf to Tunisia on 18 January 2026 as a violation of the principle of non-refoulement, since he...