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Key Updates
• War in Sudan continues to fuel cross-border displacement: compared to the previous quarter, cross border movements have increased by 22% in Libya (313,000), 12% in Chad (863,501), 12% in Uganda (79,693), 7% in the Central African Republic (45,184), 6% in South Sudan (1,156,949) and 4% in Ethiopia ( 74,594).
• East African migrants caught in Yemen’s conflict: In April, at least 68 African migrants, primarily Ethiopians and Somalis, were killed and 47 injured when a United States (US) airstrike hit a detention centre in Saada, in Northern Yemen.
• Multiple shipwrecks reported along Eastern Route: A boat carrying 260 migrants capsized off the coast of Shabwah, Yemen, killing 49 and leaving 140 missing. In June, smugglers forced 150 migrants into the sea off Djibouti’s coast, causing eight to drown; 22 remain missing.
• Mixed migration along Southern Route triggers arrests and deportations: Migrants from Burundi, DRC, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Tanzania were intercepted across Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. In June, 520 Malawians were deported from South Africa via the Mwanza border crossing.
• Double shipwreck occurred off the Comorian coast: six migrants died and several went missing after two kwassa kwassa capsized off the Comorian coast in mid-May during a rescue mission.
• Zambian women trafficked to Pakistan: under the guise of recruiting domestic workers in Pakistan, a human trafficking ring lured Zambian women into precarious situations where they faced labour violations.
• Continued returns of East Africa victims of trafficking from Thai Myanmar scam centres: in April, the Kenyan government repatriated 153 citizens and in May, the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced it had repatriated 121 citizens from Myanmar.
• Possible US-Rwanda deal in development: in early May, reports surfaced of a potential agreement between the US and Rwanda under which Rwanda would receive third-country nationals denied entry or deported from the US.
• US expands scope of proposed travel ban: in June 2025, the US announced an extension of potential travel bans on nationals from 36 countries, including Burundi, Djibouti, DR Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Malawi, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Full or partial restrictions of nationals from these countries may be imposed if certain criteria are not met within 60 days.