From the deserts of Niger to the Atlantic coast of West Africa and on to Europe’s shores, the routes taken by migrants remain perilous. In recent weeks, hundreds of people have been rescued in Niger, Senegal, the English Channel and Portugal. Yet many others continue to perish anonymously in the desert or at sea. Confronted […]
The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) revealed, on 17 May, in a new report and documentary the direct and profound impact of overfishing and illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing on Senegal’s fishing industry. Declining fish stocks are driving a rise in forced migration to Europe via the world’s deadliest migration route, which claimed over 3,000 […]
The European Union (EU) aims to revitalise Senegal’s private sector by fostering stronger economic partnerships with local businesses through migration. The envisioned model is based on co-investment, skills transfer and industrial co-development. Regular migration is also being explored as a tool to drive economic growth, particularly through professional mobility programmes in sectors such as agriculture, […]
The Permanent Secretary of the Inter-ministerial Committee to Combat Irregular Migration, Police Inspector General Modou Diagne, announced that more than 100 bodies had been recovered from the sea in Senegal in 2024, following the capsizing of pirogues used in irregular migration. Speaking on Monday 19 May, in Diourbel (central Senegal), between 2014 and 2024, over […]
In an interview with the Senegalese newspaper Le Soleil, Jean-Marc Pisani, the European Union Ambassador to Senegal, discussed the current state of EU-Senegal cooperation and addressed the sensitive topic of visas, a prominent issue in public discourse. Responding to Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko’s proposal to implement visa reciprocity, Pisani noted that the matter is under […]
On Thursday, 22 May, the Mauritanian coastguard intercepted a boat carrying 121 migrants near the Cap Blanc peninsula, close to the city of Nouadhibou. According to Sahara Média in Nouadhibou, the boat had departed from Cap Skirring (Ziguinchor). The migrants included ten women and four underage children. The group included nationals from Nigeria, The Gambia, […]
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