Migrant activists and human rights defenders from Africa and Europe have completed a three-day caravan tour across Senegal, calling for an end to migrant pushbacks and denouncing abuses faced by Sub-Saharan Africans at regional borders.
The initiative, organized by Boza Fii from May 14–16, brought together participants from Senegal, Guinea Conakry, Mauritania, Cameroon, Benin, Belgium, Spain, Morocco, and The Gambia. Among them was Ebrima Drammeh, founder of the Ebrima Migrants Situation platform, who has been a prominent voice in defending migrant rights.
Activists said the caravan was a direct response to operations by Frontex and other European authorities that intercept migrants at sea and return them to countries such as Tunisia and Libya. Rights groups have documented widespread violence, torture, racism, illegal detention, sexual abuse, exploitation, and deaths among migrants in these countries.
“We are here in Senegal with Boza Fii for a three-day caravan tour to denounce the treatment that Sub-Saharan African migrants face in Tunisia, Morocco, Libya, and Algeria,” Drammeh said in a statement. He added that migrants continue to suffer abuse, detention, and illegal pushbacks at these borders.
The caravan called on European authorities to halt funding for policies and operations that lead to forced returns to unsafe countries. “Migrants deserve dignity, protection, and respect for their human rights — not violence and inhumane treatment,” Drammeh said.
Organizers said the caravan was both a symbolic and practical act of solidarity, amplifying demands for justice and accountability in migration policies across Africa and Europe.
