Concerns About the Safety of Sub-Saharan African Migrants in Libya

Rebel groups suspect the workers of being mercenaries for the Gaddafi regime.

Viennese Band Wiener Tschuschenkapelle

The band is fighting some common stereotypes that migrants from the former Yugoslavia face in the Austrian capital.

North Koreans Searching for Support in the South

More than 20,000 North Koreans have defected to the South and more are expected to arrive this year.

Protecting Migrants in Mexico from Drug Violence

New efforts are underway in Mexico to protect migrants from becoming the targets of drug cartels and other criminals.

Migrants Stranded in Calais

African and Mideastern migrants live rough in France hoping to get to Britain

Dangers of escaping Libya by boat

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Anchor Marco Werman talks to Jemini Pandya, spokesperson for the International Organization for Migration, about the growing number of reports of tragedies involving boatloads of migrants fleeing the conflict in Libya. Download MP3

Return to Mexico

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Devin Browne of the Fronteras desk at station KJZZ reports on the growing number of Mexican children raised in the US who have gone back to Mexico. They’re the children of returning migrants, and they’re struggling with the Spanish language and Mexican culture. Download MP3

Tunisian fishermen lose boats to migrants

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Tunisian migrants seeking a better life in Europe have been making illegal boat journeys to Italy and they have been buying or stealing boats from Tunisian fishermen. Marine Olivesi reports from the Tunisian fishing town of Zarzis. Download MP3

Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo detained

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Former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo has been detained in Abidjan and delivered to the headquarters of his elected successor Alassane Ouattara. He reportedly surrendered to Ouattara’s forces after French tanks advanced on his residence. Anchor Marco Werman talks with the BBC’s Mark Doyle in Abidjan. Download MP3
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Washington and the Ivory Coast conflict

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Laurent Gbagbo remains holed up in the presidential palace in Ivory Coast’s main city, Abidjian. Gbagbo lost the November election to Alassane Ouattara but refuses to go. Marco Werman talks with William Fitzgerald, Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs at the State Department’s Bureau of African Affairs. Download MP3
Live updates from the BBC

Ivorians trapped by two wars

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The fighting in Libya and Ivory Coast has forced many people to leave those countries. Many Ivorians have been seeking refuge in neighboring Liberia while many Libyans and foreign workers there have crossed into Tunisia. About 80 Ivorians are trapped on the Tunisian border, stranded between the country they are fleeing, and their homeland also engulfed in armed conflict. Reporter Marine Olivesi has their story. Download MP3

Leaving Malta

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Since 2002, nearly 10,000 African migrants – trying to get to mainland Europe – have landed on the tiny island nation of Malta. Many were rescued from leaky boats by the Maltese navy. Once there, they can be detained in prisons for up to 18 months and then languish for years in Malta without jobs and, and in some cases, without a decent place to live. But some manage to move on – and find new homes in Europe and in the U.S. This is Phillip Martin’s final report in our special series on nomadic migration and skin color. Download MP3

Slideshow: Nomadic immigration

Zimbabweans forced out of South Africa

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Hundreds of thousands of migrants from Zimbabwe have resettled in neighboring South Africa during the past four years, fleeing a collapsed economy and political violence in their home country. But many of them could face deportation back to Zimbabwe unless they apply for a visa by close of business tomorrow. Anders Kelto reports from Bellville, South Africa. Download MP3

Slideshow: Zimbabwean immigrants on a deadline

From Libya to detention in Malta

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Malta sits between Africa and Europe.Because of its location, wave after wave of illegal immigrants traveling by boat have come ashore on a regular basis.Though migration waves have slowed down dramatically in recent months from a high of nearly 3000 in 2009, the tiny island nation of 400,000 citizens, receives more asylum seekers –for its size—than any other EU country.In an effort to discourage illegal immigration, Malta has one of the toughest detention policies in Europe, and some say it goes too far.This is part two of Phillip Martin’s special report on nomadic migration and skin color. Download MP3
Slideshow: The detention conditions in Malta

From Somalia to Denver, the long way

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Around the world, people are on the move in search of better lives. That is particularly true in Africa, where a wave of migrants is trying to reach Europe. Despite the dangers, they keep trying – and most do not succeed. Those who do are often on the move for years before they find a place to call home. In the first in a series of reports on nomadic migration to Europe and the United States, Phillip Martin tells the story of one man’s difficult journey to the US. Download MP3
Slideshow: Tales of immigration