CategoriesMigrant NewsAccording to the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR), approximately 36,000 people initially crossed into Kenya from Ethiopia following clashes around Moyale, with women and children making up a significant proportion of those arriving. The agency warned that urgent humanitarian needs include food, safe drinking water, shelter, sanitation and healthcare. Thousands of people have fled across […]
CategoriesMigrant NewsKenyan police have rescued 65 Ethiopian nationals from a residential building along Gesora Road in the Mihang’o area of Nairobi, arresting three Kenyan suspects in connection with a suspected transnational human trafficking syndicate. The rescue has once again drawn attention to the growing use of Kenya as a transit corridor for migrants moving from the […]
CategoriesAfrica Migrant NewsJuba authorities are pushing to reserve small-scale retail businesses for South Sudanese citizens, with County Caretaker Commissioner Kalisto Lado insisting that foreign nationals should stay out of sectors such as boda boda transport, chapati stalls and the sale of vegetables and charcoal. While Lado has denied reports that foreigners were ordered to leave South Sudan, […]
CategoriesProgramsRefugees in Nairobi gathered at the August 7th Memorial Park for a one‑day training on digital security and data privacy, organized by Migrant Narratives Africa in partnership with the European Union through DW Akademie under the TrustLab Kenya Project. The session came at a time of heightened immigration tensions in Kenya with many migrants ensuring […]
CategoriesMigrant NewsMany asylum seekers from Burundi and other countries who had turned to small businesses after USAID pulled out of Kenya last year now find themselves stranded, following President William Ruto’s recent declaration that foreigners should not run petty trade or hawking ventures — a directive that has forced some to abandon their livelihoods and even […]
CategoriesMigrant NewsIn a dramatic turn highlighting the complexities of U.S. deportation policy, five migrants who were slated for removal to Liberia this week refused to disembark from a government-chartered plane, forcing officials to reroute them to Equatorial Guinea instead. Five migrants who refused to leave a US deportation aircraft in Liberia were reportedly flown to Equatorial […]
CategoriesMigrant News“The warning signs are impossible to ignore. Across Sudan, families are fleeing violence, losing access to water, electricity, and healthcare, and now facing an added burden of destructive floods. Without urgent action to protect civilians and restore essential services, the suffering will deepen,” – IOM Director General, Amy Pope. Sudan’s humanitarian crisis is entering a […]
CategoriesNarrativesBorn into hardship and raised in the shadow of displacement, Kayemba Latifuh — known by his stage name Fyntain — carries the story of a generation of young migrants who refuse to let circumstance silence their dreams. From Kiryandongo District, where he grew up under the care of his South Sudanese refugee uncle, to the […]
CategoriesMigrant NewsMore than 60,000 migrants from Morocco crossed through the border into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta in one of the largest irregular migration movements reported in recent years. While global attention focused on the unprecedented border crossing, humanitarians’ agencies and Spanish authorities are now looking at a different challenge -caring for thousands of vulnerable […]
CategoriesAfricaSouth Africa’s June 30 anti‑immigration protests, staged under a self‑declared deadline for undocumented foreigners to leave, escalated tensions across major cities and spilled over onto documented migrants, who found themselves evicted, harassed, and targeted simply for being foreign. While organizers insisted their campaign was aimed at “illegal immigrants,” the marches blurred distinctions between lawful residents […]
