Immigration Archives

Young people have nothing to do in Kaweni, says 28-year-old civil society activist Mohamed Hamada

World

Kaweni: France’s biggest shantytown in the Indian Ocean

With its maze of huts housing 15,000 souls on a green hillside in the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, Kaweni has grown into France’s...

AFPApril 30, 2023

National Guard agents place a barbed wire wall on the banks of the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas, on the border with Mexico in March 2023

World

US to review migrants abroad, toughen penalties in revamp

The United States on Thursday revamped its policy on migrants by setting up processing centers overseas and toughening penalties for unlawful entry, anticipating a...

AFPApril 27, 2023

Borne has been the unpopular face of President Emmanuel Macron's flagship pension reform

World

French PM seeks to turn page after pensions fight

France's PM Elisabeth Borne pledged to cut unemployment and make industry greener as she sought to turn the page on months of unrest.

AFPApril 26, 2023

Authorities in Mayotte are expected to launch Operation Wuambushu ('Take Back') to remove illegal migrants who have settled in slums

World

Migrant fears grow as France eyes clearance of Mayotte shantytown

At the entrance to the Majicavo slum on France’s Indian Ocean territory Mayotte, which authorities are seeking to evacuate and demolish, a group gathered...

AFPApril 23, 2023

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is pressing his tough-on-migration policy on the campaign trail

World

Greece border security under spotlight in election campaign

The rocky road running past dilapidated homes ends abruptly at a thick, five-metre-high metal barrier — the end of the European Union, and Greece’s...

AFPApril 3, 2023

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak looks at buoyancy aids and an inflatable rubber dinghy during a visit to the port of Dover

World

UK unveils plans to house asylum seekers in military bases

The UK plans to temporarily house asylum seekers in disused military bases and could use ferries and barges in the future in a bid...

AFPMarch 29, 2023

Business

Germany to open its doors as labour shortage bites

An apprenticeship at a steelmaker brought Steven Maillot from the French island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean to Eisenhuettenstadt in Germany, a stone’s...

AFPMarch 29, 2023

The Greek government has consistently denied the accusations of pushbacks

World

Refugees protest tough Greek migration policy

Hundreds of refugees protested against Greece’s tough migration policies in Athens on Saturday, accusing the conservative government of “murdering” asylum seekers through illegal pushbacks....

AFPMarch 18, 2023