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The United Nations logo is seen at the General Assembly hall at U.N. headquarters, Sept. 21, 2021. (Eduardo Munoz/Pool Photo
The United Nations refugee agency says it is “extremely saddened” after over 100 people died or went missing off Mauritania last week
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EXPLAINER: International migrants, jobs and crime in South Africa: What do the numbers show?
Amid rising hostility towards international migrants, anti-migrant protests have spread across South Africa in 2026. Some have involved intimidation, the denial of access to public services and fatal violence.
UN experts on Thursday voiced alarm about thousands of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa who could be victims of arbitrary detention, collective expulsion and human trafficking on the Tunisia-Libya border and in Libya.
Authorities say a boat carrying about 60 migrants, including women and children, bound for European shores capsized off the coast of eastern Libya in the latest maritime tragedy off the North African country
Malawian migrants stand in line at a deportation center in Durban, June 18, 2026. | Themba Hadebe / AP
South Africa’s unemployment crisis has once again reignited fierce debates about migrants, xenophobia and economic justice. But are African migrants really responsible for rising unemployment, crime and pressure on public services — or are deeper political and economic problems being ignored?