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EU Commission urges Cyprus to allow stranded migrants to seek asylum

The European Commission has urged Cyprus to allow dozens of migrants, stranded for weeks in harsh conditions, to claim asylum. The migrants

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FG receives 108 Nigerian migrants stranded in Niger

The Federal Government has received 108 irregular Nigerians migrants stranded in Niger Republic. This is contained in a statement by Mr Alex

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Niger: IOM calls for humanitarian corridor to help stranded migrants

The UN migration agency (IOM) called on Friday for the setting up of a humanitarian corridor in Niger to enable voluntary returns of strande

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Stranded migrants to be sent to Senegal as Mauritania and Spain close ranks

Around 170 migrants will reportedly be returned to Senegal after more than four days stranded aboard a Spanish patrol boat off the coast of

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Tunisia and Libya take 276 migrants stranded in desert border region, bring them to shelters

Tunisia and Libya have taken back 276 sub-Saharan migrants stranded in a desert region along the border between the two countries and brough

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AP PHOTOS: Migrants stranded, cold at Belarus-Poland border

On a sunny but freezing morning in a forested area of Belarus at the border with Poland hundreds of migrants line up to receive hot food and water.

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Iraq flies 280 'stranded' migrants back from Belarus

Iraq has begun to fly back some of its citizens who had flown in to Belarus on tourist visas, in the hope of making it over the border to Lithuania and the EU. Eighty reportedly returned to Baghdad on Monday, and 200 are expected to make the journey on Tuesday.

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Partnerships Prove Vital in Getting Stranded Migrants Home in Central Asia

Tashkent – Uzbekistan, a landlocked Central Asian country, has been a global crossroads since ancient times. It continues to be, often along routes forged by silk and spice merchants plying their trade via camel caravan. Today, it has emerged as one of the world’s most active transit points for migrants stranded by the global COVID-19 pandemic.