Leslie Carretero

2 weeks ago | infomigrants.net | Leslie Carretero

"In February, police officers burst into the house where my wife and I were living, along with four other people in Sfax. The others were from Guinea and the Ivory Coast, and one of them was a woman who was seven months pregnant. The officers destroyed everything while searching the house. They also stole our phones and personal belongings, while pointing guns at us. They handcuffed us and sent us to the nearest police station. We were transferred to Thyna prison in Sfax after a few hours.

3 weeks ago | infomigrants.net | Leslie Carretero |Mohammad Arif Ullah

The proposed list of "safe countries of origin", published in a Commission press release on April 16, includes Kosovo, Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, India, Morocco and Tunisia, and is part of the EU’s migration reform under the Pact on Migration and Asylum, which is scheduled to take full effect in July 2026. InfoMigrants spoke with a spokesperson from the European Commission to clarify what this proposal means.

4 weeks ago | infomigrants.net | Leslie Carretero

"The accommodation conditions for unaccompanied minors are often among the most precarious in child protection," the parliamentary commission reported in its latest assessment, which raised concerns about the overall welcoming conditions for children in the care of child welfare services (ASE).

1 month ago | infomigrants.net | Leslie Carretero

For months, the 1,900 migrants staying at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) center in Agadez have protested their living conditions and demanding their resettlement elsewhere in Niger—or in a third country. The suspension of food stamp distribution in February and the arrest of eight residents last week have exacerbated an already tense situation. People have been protesting daily for 194 days—just over six months.

1 month ago | infomigrants.net | Leslie Carretero

What happened during the night of Sunday, March 16 to Monday, March 17 in Sfax, in east-central Tunisia? That night, 612 sub-Saharan migrants were intercepted at sea by the Tunisian coast guard, the National Guard announced. Eighteen bodies were also recovered. But since this large-scale operation, these people intercepted by the authorities cannot be found. "They haven't returned to the camp," Abdul*, a Sierra Leonean doctor who lives in the olive groves on the outskirts of Sfax, told InfoMigrants.