| SOMALIA: Residents and sandbank stymie pirates' plan |
 NAIROBI, 19 November 2009 (IRIN Africa) - Residents of a coastal town in Somalia's self-declared autonomous region of Puntland saved the crew of a fishing boat when they foiled an attempt by pirates, who had captured the boat, to sail away.
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SOUTH AFRICA: How many undocumented migrants? Pick a number |  JOHANNESBURG, 13 November 2009 (IRIN Africa) - Guesstimating the number of undocumented migrants living in South Africa is like asking, "How long is a piece of string?" and the answer is - no one knows.
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NIGERIA: Erosion a "state of emergency" |  ABATETE, 3 November 2009 (IRIN Africa) - Severe erosion over many years in Anambra, southeastern Nigeria, has cut off or destroyed hundreds of homes, businesses, farms and schools, prompting the governor to call for a state of emergency in the area where he says thousands of people now risk being displaced.
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ETHIOPIA-SOMALIA: Rising numbers of illegal immigrants enter Somaliland |  HARGEISA, 23 October 2009 (IRIN Africa) - Immigration officials in the self-declared republic of Somaliland have expressed concern over the increase in the number of illegal Ethiopian migrants entering the region, with claims that up to 90 people are arriving daily, against 50 in 2008.
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BOTSWANA: Immigration privileges for preachers revoked |  GABORONE, 23 October 2009 (IRIN Africa) - Botswana has closed a loophole allowing pastors and preachers to avoid certain immigration regulations.
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In Brief: Travel restrictions hit Gaza students |  TEL AVIV, 22 October 2009 (IRIN Global) - Some 838 students formally offered places and/or enrolled at foreign universities are unable to leave Gaza, according to the Palestinian interior ministry and Gisha, an NGO campaigning for freedom of movement.
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ANGOLA-DRC: Humanitarian crisis now unfolding |  LUANDA-KINSHASA, 20 October 2009 (IRIN Africa) - A burgeoning humanitarian crisis among the tens of thousands of people expelled by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to neighbouring Angola is beginning to unfold.
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ANGOLA-DRC: Hoping to halt reciprocal repatriation |  JOHANNESBURG, 15 October 2009 (IRIN Africa) - The number of Angolan refugees deported from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo [DRC] has now topped 28,000, raising fears that a newly announced agreement between the two governments might not necessarily bring a halt to expulsions.
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ANGOLA-DRC: Retaliatory expulsions reach a new peak | JOHANNESBURG, 13 October 2009 (IRIN Africa) - The tit-for-tat expulsion of thousands of Angolan refugees living in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and the repatriation of thousands of undocumented Congolese migrants working in Angola, is raising fears of a "humanitarian catastrophe" in the making.
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In Brief: Migration myths dispelled in UNDP report |  BANGKOK, 5 October 2009 (IRIN Global) - Most migrants do not move from developing to developed countries, and when they do, rather than hurting host economies, they benefit them, according to a new report by the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
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