{"id":2096,"date":"2025-11-14T07:00:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T07:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=2096"},"modified":"2025-11-14T07:00:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T07:00:58","slug":"ivory-coast-boosts-border-defence-due-to-unusual-flow-of-malian-refugees-migration-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=2096","title":{"rendered":"Ivory Coast boosts border defence due to \u2018unusual flow\u2019 of Malian refugees | Migration News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Ivorian authorities said the influx of Malian refugees was caused by \u2018attacks against civilians\u2019 from armed groups.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 14 Nov 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">14 Nov 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div 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class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Ivory Coast has reinforced its border security after the arrival of \u201cseveral unusual flows of refugees\u201d from neighbouring Mali, officials in the West African country have said.<\/p>\n<p>Ivory Coast\u2019s National Security Council (NSC) said in a statement on Thursday that the \u201cinflux appears to be due to attacks against civilians by armed terrorist groups in several areas of southern Mali\u201d.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cThe National Security Council has instructed its Executive Secretary to take all necessary steps to register these asylum seekers,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFurthermore, the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces has been instructed to take appropriate measures to strengthen security at our country\u2019s northern borders,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>The al-Qaeda-linked\u00a0Jama\u2019at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) has waged an almost decade-long rebellion in Mali.<\/p>\n<p>The armed group, the most active in West Africa according to conflict monitor ACLED, was formed in 2017 as a result of a merger with al-Qaeda of the Islamic Maghreb, Ansar Dine, the Macina Liberation Front and al-Mourabitoun.<\/p>\n<p>JNIM\u2019s operations started in Mali, but they have since expanded to nearby countries of\u00a0 Burkina Faso, Niger, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Benin and Togo.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, in late October, the militant group launched its first attack in Nigeria, killing a soldier and seizing ammunition and cash.<\/p>\n<p>The group has killed thousands of people since 2017, though the overall death toll is unclear.<\/p>\n<p>The group also seeks regime change in Mali, and JNIM has warned foreigners against doing business with the ruling military government \u2013 in power since it overthrew the country\u2019s democratically elected government in a 2020 coup d\u2019etat \u2013 without its \u201cauthorisation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Seeking to pressure the military government to negotiate, in September, JNIM sealed off major highways used by tankers and targeted fuel trucks attempting to reach the landlocked Sahel country from Ivory Coast and Senegal.<\/p>\n<p>The move has effectively created an economic and fuel blockade on the capital, Bamako, bringing the city to breaking point and causing desperation among residents, many of whom have fled to neighbouring Ivory Coast.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, JNIM militants attacked the town of Loulouni, about 50km (30 miles) from the Ivory Coast border, causing hundreds more people to flee.<\/p>\n<p>Ivory Coast already hosts about 90,000 refugees from neighbouring Burkina Faso, a country struggling to contain its own armed 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