In the central Mediterranean, several deadly shipwrecks occurred over the past weeks. In Libya, at least 43 people have died and many others are missing after five boats capsized. Off the Tunisian coast, two boats capsized, leaving at least 76 dead, with one reportedly « rammed » intentionally by the Tunisian coast guard. Libyan soldiers have also announced the detention of over 300 migrants who crossed the desert, while in Tunisia, hundreds of black migrants in Jebeniana were attacked, robbed, and denied medical care despite serious injuries.

In the western Mediterranean, several bodies of suspected migrants were discovered: two in southern Spain and three in Morocco, where two of the victims were identified and returned to their families. At least 44 Moroccans swam from Morocco to the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla mid-November. The Senegalese Navy has announced that it has intercepted nearly a thousand migrants at sea off the coast of Senegal in the space of a month. During three consecutive days in the City of Tamanrasset in Algeria, black migrants have been hunted down, tortured and thrown into the desert.

In the eastern Mediterranean, four shipwrecks occurred on consecutive days off the Greek islands, resulting in at least 19 deaths. Between 4 November and 24 November 137 boats carrying 4625 people arrived in the Aegean islands and 173 boats were pushed back by the Greek coastguards. The Turkish authorities announced that they had arrested nearly 5,132 “irregular migrants” in October and were in the process of deporting them. In Lebanon, displaced communities have started to return to their home after the ceasefire took effect on 27 November.

In the English Channel, at least 14 bodies have been recovered from the sea or found on the beaches of northern France since 30 October. In the UK, the numbers of refugees living on the street has never been higher.

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