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The Mbayang Diop Case in S/Arabia: Ten Years After Receiving a Death Sentence, HSF Reopens the Debate, Calls for Government Action
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The Mbayang Diop Case in S/Arabia: Ten Years After Receiving a Death Sentence, HSF Reopens the Debate, Calls for Government Action

Ten years’ detention in Saudi cells, a death sentence that still hangs over her, and a deafening silence surrounding his case. In response to this situation, Boubacar Sèye, president of the NGO Horizon Sans Frontières, has once again stepped forward to break the silence surrounding the Mbayang Diop case. The researcher, who works on international …

Migration and Smuggling: ECOWAS Parliament calls for sustainable reintegration
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Migration and Smuggling: ECOWAS Parliament calls for sustainable reintegration

The Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has taken a further step forward in managing migration flows within the region. Meeting in plenary session in Accra, the Community’s lawmakers adopted a resolution calling on all member states to step up their efforts towards reintegrating returning migrants and providing support for victims …

[Press review]Migration: Striking a Balance Between Inclusion, Border Control
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[Press review]Migration: Striking a Balance Between Inclusion, Border Control

In both Africa and Europe, news surrounding migration in September have focused on initiatives aimed at inclusion, while also highlighting the ongoing tragedies along migration routes and the tightening of border control policies. Whilst some countries are putting in place structures to host and support migrants, tensions at Europe’s borders and debates on the protection …

Displaced women in Chad facing ongoing threats to their safety
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Displaced women in Chad facing ongoing threats to their safety

One out of every four persons living in Lac Province has been forcibly displaced with women and children accounting for 87 per cent of this population, whilst 84 per cent of displaced households are run by women. Back from a field trip to Lac Province, Yadang Djourolbé Abraham, Oxfam Chad’s Livelihoods and Food Security Officer, …

Studying in France: the lifting of a financial requirement questions access to student mobility
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Studying in France: the lifting of a financial requirement questions access to student mobility

France has lifted an additional financial requirement imposed on Cameroonian students applying for a student visa. Since July, those accepted into private institutions have been required to provide proof of full payment for their first year’s tuition fees or to have the corresponding amount available. This provision was eventually dropped, without making any changes to …

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Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration

Administrative, logistical and financial support, including reintegration, for migrants who are unable or unwilling to stay in the host or transit country and who decide to return to their country of origin.

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Asylum Seeker

A person seeking international protection. In countries with individualized review procedures, an asylum seeker is a person whose claim for asylum has not yet been finally decided by the potential host country. Not every…

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Bilateral agreements on labour migration

Agreements between two States, which are legally binding and primarily related to inter-State cooperation in the field of labour migration.

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