A Moroccan politician has traveled to Spain as an irregular migrant on board a small boat. The local councilor from Nador is the fourth elected official to flee his country via the dangerous sea route.
Spanish police say they have dismantled a network that offered families of missing North African migrants false information about the whereabouts of their loved ones in exchange for money.
InfoMigrants has received several accounts from sub-Saharan migrants arrested by authorities in Sfax and other cities in Tunisia. The migrants report they were abandoned along the Algerian border in freezing cold mountain areas.
A Gambian teenager tells InfoMigrants that police have carried out repeated raids on the camp where he lives after being driven out of Tunisia's second city, Sfax.
Algeria's ambassador to Rome Abdelkrim Touahria says boosting development in sub-Saharan African countries would help prevent migration to Europe. He spoke to ANSA ahead of the Italy-Africa Conference.
Rabat's clampdown on migrants highlights an increasing commitment to curb migration toward the EU. Key to the deal is not money, however, but European acceptance of Morocco's claim to disputed Western Sahara.
A stowaway was found alive but in critical condition in the landing gear of a commercial flight from Algeria to Paris on Thursday. Official figures show the mortality rate for stowaways is 77 percent.
Spanish police say they have dismantled an organization suspected of smuggling drugs and migrants between Algeria to Spain. Seven suspects have been arrested following a year-long investigation.
An Algerian court on Tuesday sentenced French-Algerian activist Amira Bouraoui to 10 years in prison, media reported, in a case that sparked a diplomatic row between the two countries.
Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia have toughened their tone towards Europe. The EU is walking a political tightrope as it needs the Maghreb countries to curb migration and supply energy.
Europol has announced the arrest of 19 suspected traffickers as part of an investigation led by the Spanish National Police. The EU agency said that the organized crime group was responsible for facilitating the secondary movements of at least 550 migrants from Spain to Germany and Norway.
A total of 951 migrants died in the attempt to reach the coasts of Spain from Africa in the first half of this year, according to NGO Caminando Fronteras. Most migrant boats went missing on the Atlantic route to the Canaries.