Another mass expulsion of Sub-Saharan migrants from Mauritania
Country acting upon its commitment to European Union to contain migration flows, combat human smugglers, says MP
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (MNTV) – In Mauritania, hundreds of Sub-Saharan African migrants are facing arrests and expulsions, reports Global Voices.
According to various Mauritanian civil society actors, this is due to an agreement between Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, and the European Union (EU).
In early 2017, the EU revealed its intention to block the passage of migrants, especially those from Sub-Saharan Africa.
According to the EU, in 2024, an estimated 239,000 irregular migrants attempted to cross the EU borders, a 38 percent drop from 2023.
Since then, Brussels has updated its migration policy in collaboration with migrant transit countries, such as Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, and Mauritania, whose coastline is a point of departure.
In February 2024, Mauritania signed a partnership agreement with the EU.
The agreement provided more than $230 million to combat smugglers and manage irregular migration from this country.
In September 2024, Mauritania expelled a significant number of migrants.
Info Migrants, a news site for migrants, quoted Mohamed Ahmed Ould Mohamed Lemine, the Mauritanian minister of the interior, as saying the government had expelled some 10,753 migrants, an increase of 14 percent from 2023.
Since late February 2025, Sub-Saharan migrants in Mauritania have faced another wave of mass expulsions.
According to the country’s authorities, these migrants are undocumented.
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