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For young Ethiopians hoping for a better life, trying to get to Europe or the Middle East is fraught with the dangers of kidnappings, extortion and sometimes death in the shipwrecks while making sea crossings

According to the International Organization of Migration, the route from the Horn of Africa to Yemen is one of the busiest – and deadliest – in the world. Hoping to find work in the oil-rich Gulf states, thousands of Africans, many from Ethiopia, risk their lives on perilous sea journeys.…

The death toll from a migrant boat disaster off Yemen has climbed to 96, underscoring the growing human cost of perilous journeys across the Red Sea.

People who left countries such as Afghanistan and Nigeria in fear of their lives feel abandoned in Central America

Escalating attacks in Cabo Delgado are taking place amid major cuts in international aid.

Shipwreck in Gulf of Aden leaves only 32 survivors so far, with the rest missing and presumed dead, says UN agency

A shipwreck off Yemen’s southern coast has killed at least 76 people, with dozens still missing. Most of those on board were Ethiopian migrants fleeing poverty and conflict in search of work in wealthy Gulf countries.

A boat carrying 154 Ethiopian migrants capsized off Yemen, killing 68 and leaving over 70 missing.

The government of Eswatini said the five migrants deported from the U.S. will be held in solitary confinement for an indefinite amount of time

Five immigrants deported by the United States to the small southern African nation of Eswatini under the Trump administration’s secretive third-country program are in prison, where they will be held in solitary confinement for an undetermined time

The head of the United Nations’ migration agency has warned that tightening borders while cutting development aid could further worsen instability in crisis-hit countries