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South Africa is on a perilous path to making criminals of people on the move

Like Europe, the country’s response to vulnerable asylum seekers is inhumane

Macron’s comments came after Italy’s new populist government defiantly declared that its ports were closed to foreign-flagged rescue ships.

France calls for sanctions as Italy defiant on stranded migrant ship

European Union states that refuse to accept migrants should face financial penalties, French President Emmanuel Macron said Saturday

A penitentiary geography: A Spanish Civil Guard pulls an African migrant from a border fence between Morocco and Spain’s North African enclave of Melilla.

The great riddance

Security now matters more than freedom in the increased ‘bordernisation’ of Europe which renders those seeking refuge subhuman and vulnerable

Benetton published two publicity photographs on its Twitter account featuring migrants

Benetton condemned for using rescued migrants in adverts

The picture showed migrants in a dinghy wearing red life vests with the logo ‘United Colours of Benetton’ at the bottom

Africa’s ‘go-to’ leader Macky Sall tells it like it is

Senegal’s president, Macky Sall, has what it takes to be considered the serious face of the continent.

Palestinian migrants in a police building in Rafah. Egyptian naval forces arrested the would-be immigrants and sent them back to Gaza

Trading in souls: Inside the world of the people smugglers

Abu Hamada, the kingpin of the Syrian smuggling network in Egypt, earns about $90 000 a week but sees nothing wrong in profiting from migrants.

Lucky to be alive: About 300 sub-Saharan Africans are rescued after the boat they were travelling in capsized.

Caught between the deep blue sea and devilish Libyan crooks

Three young men among 800 African migrants survived not only the wiles of the smugglers, but also a shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea.

Malaysia and Indonesia on Wednesday announced their countries would end a much-condemned policy of turning away boatloads of starving migrants.

US, Myanmar to engage in talks over migrant crisis

Myanmar, the US and Southeast Asian envoys are preparing for talks, following Malaysia’s announcement that it would assist migrants stranded at sea.