Such messaging is hard to escape in Nouadhibou, Mauritania’s second largest city and a launch point on an increasingly popular migrant route toward Europe. As authorities strengthen security ...

A failed crossing from Mauritania’s coast toward Spain’s Canary Islands in which 44 Pakistanis perished earlier this year has ...

Amir Ali's journey to Europe ended tragically, trapped in the deadly migration network from West Africa to Spain's Canary ...

Spanish emergency services say four women and three girls died when a small boat carrying migrants capsized while arriving in ...

At least 89 migrants died when their boat capsized off the coast of Mauritania on Monday ... was bound for Europe and had at least 170 migrants on board, the agency said, citing survivors.

A high level joint mission of the European Parliament Committee on Development (DEVE) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) concluded today, reaffirming their shared commitment to scale up investments ...

Some members of civil society in Mauritania believe this is the result of an agreement between Nouakchott and the European Union. At the start of 2017, the European Union (EU) expressed its intention ...

Migrant boats travel from Mauritania to the Canary Islands which are part of Spain and the European Union. Many Pakistanis seeking economic opportunities in Europe are willing to take the risk.

It's a response to rising alarm and anti-migration politics in Europe. Nearly 47,000 migrants arrived on boats in the Canaries last year, a record "fueled by departures from Mauritania ...

A school for migrant children in Mauritania is an example of what's to come after the European Union pledged more than $200 million last year to help persuade people there against coming to the ...