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Migration

A boat, which was carrying 29 people and sank off the Tunisian coast, being towed near the Tunisian coastal town of Amra, last October. (AFP)

Real toll of migration tragedies submerged under sea

France

French Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti (L) fistbumps his Moroccan conterpart Mohamed Ben Abdelkader as they exchange documents in Morocco’s capital Rabat on December 7, 2020. (AFP)

Paris, Rabat sign agreement on underage Moroccan migrants

Libyan

Migrants stand outside at a detention centre used by the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) in the capital Tripoli’s southern suburb of Tajoura. (AFP)

UN calls for closure of Libyan migrant detention centres

Qatar

Rights group denounces migrant workers’ wage abuses in Qatar

Morocco

21-year-old Moroccan migrant Najib walks in the streets of Barcelona. (AFP)

Young Moroccans in Europe complain of discrimination

COVID-19

A mask-clad Bengali worker walks with broomsticks outside a shop in Karrada, in the central area of the Iraqi capital Baghdad on .(AFP)

Migrant workers stuck in virus-hit Iraq with no wages or way home

Algeria

A file picture of migrants awaiting to be rescued by the Open Arms vessel, from Spanish NGO Pro Activa Open Arms, about 40 miles (64 kms) from the Spanish coast. (AFP)

Growing number of Algerians tempted by illegal migration to Europe

Sudan

Detained African migrants, smoking at a make-shift cafe at a detention centre, located in Israel’s southern Negev desert for mostly Eritrean and Sudanese men, near the Egyptian border. (AFP)

Sudanese seek economic migration to Israel across Lebanon border

Yemen

Somali refugee washes a car in Sana’a, Yemen. (REUTERS)

African migrants in Yemen trapped in war, pandemic