When Rose Adhiambo left Kenya for a job in Lebanon, she could have never imagined that six months later she would be returning home in a coffin.
Twenty-four-year-old Adhiambo did what many poor young women around the world do: she left her homeland in search of a better life abroad. This brought her to Interlead Limited, a Kenyan website that promises to help "job seekers to find top jobs.
Egyptian security authorities on Wednesday detained ten African migrants attempting to cross Egypt's border with Israel.
A security source said a police patrol discovered the migrants and fired warning shots before detaining the suspects and escorting them to Arish prison in North Sinai.
Israel's most recent measure in ongoing efforts to deport the country's growing migrant worker and refugee community is the government's approval of a detention facility in the Negev desert for migrants and refugees.
The poorest Arab state is the target of criminal people-smuggling
There is a tide of death and misery that washes up almost daily on the shores of Yemen. This is the Arab world's poorest nation, a land whose lawlessness has made it a fiefdom of al-Qa'ida, and the launch pad for the recent attempt to bring down a plane over the US. It is also at the centre of a vast people-smuggling industry.
