Illegal Migrants
latest news & developments
Trump doubles down on family separations, cuddles flag
A defiant Trump sounded unfazed by the mounting pressure to alleviate the situation before it ruptures into a public relations disaster for his party
The Swazi and Mozambican migrant scholars of Mpumalanga’s border towns
Children rent rooms in South Africa so that they can get an education – and a meal a day.
11 sub-Saharans die after boat capsizes off Morocco coast
Eleven migrants trying to reach Europe have died after their boat capsized off the north coast of Morocco.
Italy hits out at neighbours over African migrant influx
Italy has demanded that its European neighbours, starting with France, take on a share of the thousands of north Africans who have sailed to Italy.
Right-wing leader says migrants’ boats should be sunk
Boats carrying illegal migrants to Europe should be sunk Nick Griffin, the leader of the British National Party, said on Wednesday.
Illegal miners will be ‘swallowed by the earth’
The ”bellies of the earth” will swallow illegal miners trying to strike it rich in the ”bowels” of gold mines in Barberton, police warned on Friday.
Hundreds of migrants feared drowned in Bay of Bengal
More than 300 people believed to be illegal migrants are feared to have drowned off the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal.