Tunisia InfoMigrants, ‘Migrants and NGOs allege “inhumane” treatment in Tunisia leading to an increase in “voluntary” return’, 22 September 2026
More than 4,000 IOM-assisted ‘voluntary returns’ have been recorded since January 2026. In Tunisia, these disguised expulsions are multiplying under pressure from racism, violence and very harsh living conditions for people on the move from sub-Saharan Africa. This climate of violence and racism is fuelled by Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed who, (…)

Africa
Atlantic Route
· RFI, « Mauritanie: un total de 144 morts ou disparus sur la route migratoire vers les Canaries », 24 July 2026
On 21 July, 144 people died or went missing when their boat sank off the coast of Mauritania. They had set out from The Gambia to reach the Canary Islands. The Atlantic route is one of the most dangerous migration routes, particularly because the departure points on the west coast of Africa are shifting ever further south, which increases the distance (…)

Egypt/EU EuroNews, “EU pays Egypt billions to manage migration — Cairo says it is not enough”, 21 May 2026*
Faced with the reception crisis currently affecting Egypt, Cairo is pressing the EU to increase its funding for ‘migration management’. The regime considers the €200 million allocation currently available to the country for the period 2024–2027 to be ‘insufficient’.
As a key partner of the EU for almost 30 years in the externalisation of borders – a cornerstone of European (…)

Tunisia Business News, Taking the streets to break the silence: citizen mobilisation against racism in Tunis, 11 April 2026
Following a citizens’ petition launched on 7 April and shared on social media, a solidarity march against racism took place in Tunis on Saturday 11 April. Slogans were chanted to denounce racist online discourse, discriminatory remarks by certain Tunisian MPs, and the crackdown on migrants and human rights defenders in Tunisia.
Racism against migrants from (…)

Libya InfoMigrants, ‘Mediterranean: 2,500 migrants intercepted at sea and forcibly returned to Libya since the start of 2026’, 12 March 2026
Since the beginning of 2026, more than 2,500 migrants have been intercepted in the Mediterranean by the Libyan coastguard and forcibly returned to Libya. These interceptions are carried out on the basis of an agreement concluded in 2017 between Italy and Libya, which provides for logistical and financial support from Italy and the European Union to (…)