Ndengar Masbé 
Ndiémé Faye 
Tamaltan Inès Sikngaye Ndengar Masbé 
Mamadou Diop Dialogue Migration
Pan-African information platform on migration in sub-Saharan Africa.
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At the opening of the 7th Harmattan Forum organised by the Clinique d’Expertise Juridique et Sociale (CEJUS) – the Legal and Social Expertise Clinic on 18 February 2026 in Lomé, Professor Dosseh-Anyron, a faculty member in the Law Department and President of the Scientific Council of the International School of Technology and Business (ISTB), painted …
With the FIFA World Cup approaching, excitement is growing in Senegal. However, beneath this enthusiasm lies concern that the suspension of immigration visas announced by Donald Trump’s administration in the United States could complicate the travel plans of many Senegalese people who had hoped to visit for the event. While the measure primarily affects permanent …
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Recent migration news from West and North Africa, and on to the European and American borders, highlights contrasting realities. Interceptions, shipwrecks, illegal detentions and tougher expulsion policies serve as a reminder that lives remain caught up in increasingly perilous journeys behind the figures and decisions. Despite the risks, attempts to leave West Africa by sea …
African migrants are activists, intellectuals, entrepreneurs, communicators and researchers. Some live in Canada or the United States, while others continue to work in Africa. Their paths may be different, but their voices converge on the same reality. African migration is not a whim or a passing trend, but a profound symptom of a continent searching …
During his visit to Dakar earlier this month, the Mauritanian Prime Minister Moctar Ould Diay sought to reassure the Senegalese authorities by stating that all African nationals were welcome in Mauritania, at a time when the country was facing criticism over its treatment of migrants. Prime Minister Moctar Ould Diay insisted that “the management of …
The free movement of people has been a recognised right in West Africa for over forty years. However, in public and media debate, people living in a neighbouring country are still often referred to as ‘migrants’ or ‘foreigners’. This lexical confusion undermines regional integration and perpetuates imported clichés. Using the correct terminology therefore becomes an …
With the FIFA World Cup approaching, excitement is growing in Senegal. However, beneath this enthusiasm lies concern that the suspension of immigration visas announced by Donald Trump’s administration in the United States could complicate the travel plans of many Senegalese people who had hoped to visit for the event. While the measure primarily affects permanent …
Interception of a migrant canoe off the coast of Sangomar
Seven suspects arrested for migrant smuggling off the coast of Sangomar
Regional workshop on Legal and Administrative Assistance for Returning Migrants, in Tambacounda
Senegalese navy rescues 133 distressed migrants off the coast of Dakar
[Press review] Between rescues, tragedies, tougher migration policies in Africa and Europe
Overfishing fuels irregular migration in Senegal
Migration and AI: Towards a Silent Revolution in the Management of Human Mobility
Benin navigates contrasting views on emigration, immigration
Over 34,000 shattered destinies in 2025 at Assamaka dessert terminal
Understanding the rules governing human mobility under int’l migration law
Handball’s growing appeal in Benin
Ensuring safety, dignity, rights throughout migration journey
Fact-checking: “Do irregular migrants have a significant financial impact on host countries?”
? Pending 
Did Senegal introduce new measures affecting Mauritanian citizens?
✗ False 
Did the number of Senegalese people granted residence permits in Europe actually double between 2008 and 2023?
✓ True 
Using UNHCR name to scam internet users
? Pending
African migration: leaving to survive, returning to build!
From exile to movement, the journey of journalist Baba Alpha
Boza Fii founder Saliou Diouf reflects on migration, community support, rememberance
Access to rights remains challenge for migrant workers in West, Central Africa
Understand the terms
Clear definitions to better understand migration issues
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.
Read definition →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…
Read definition →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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