South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has defended his government’s immigration policies while condemning xenophobia and accusing some South Africans of worsening the country’s undocumented ...

SAN DIEGO — The young men from Guinea had decided it was time to leave their impoverished homeland in West Africa. But instead of seeking a new life in Europe, where so many African migrants have ...

Hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants from sub-Saharan Africa risk their lives every year fleeing poor economic conditions, persecution or conflict. Traveling to Europe, many, too, seek ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission has announced a major regional push toward harmonised migration governance and integrated border management. The announcement was made ...

The idea that migration is closely linked to development has long been pervasive on the African continent. The main reason for this is that migrants – those travelling from rural to urban areas, as ...

Hundreds of South Africans protested high levels of illegal immigration in Johannesburg, demanding strict law enforcement and ...