Boat carrying 200 African migrants missing near Canaries
Spanish rescuers are searching waters off the Canary Islands for a boat carrying at least 200 African migrants who went missing more than a week ago. The aid group Walking Borders says the fishing boat sailed from Kafountine, a coastal town in southern Senegal that is roughly 1,700km (1,057 miles) from Tenerife. The group says […]
Ghana records 28.9% migrants out of the total population of 30,832,019
By: Edzorna Francis Mensah The Ghana Statistical Service Thematic Report on Migration from the 2021 Population and Housing Census has revealed that, Ghana is currently a migrant sending, transiting, and receiving country as report has shown that, Migrants constituted 28.9% out of the total population of 30,832,019 enumerated under the period under review. Greater Accra is the leading […]
International Trade Union Confederation cautions African Leaders against cashing in on migrant workers
The International Trade Union Confederation, ITUC, has bemoaned the actions of some African governments and employers that seem to commodify labour or migrant work, especially in the Gulf Cooperation Council States, GCCs. It said the idea of commodification of labour or migrant work is when governments see employment simply as job creation. The African Regional […]
