Tag: migrants
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China, U.S citizens top list of five million migrants in Nigeria in 2019
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) revenue generation increased by 60 percent year-on-year to N62.6 billion in 2019, according to latest figures published by the Federal Ministry of Interior. The figure was disclosed by the Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, while presenting the 2019 Annual Report of the Nigeria Immigration Service in Abuja on Tuesday,…
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Reports: 39 people found dead in trailer all Chinese
The 39 suspected migrants found dead in a trailer shipped from Belgium to Britain are all Chinese nationals, reports on Thursday said. Broadcasters BBC, ITV and Sky News all reported the nationality of the victims as Chinese, citing unidentified sources. British police said earlier that they were still trying to establish the identities of the…
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Smuggling of migrants now criminal offence – NIS
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has criminalised the smuggling of migrants in the country. The Comptroller-General of Immigration, Mohammad Babandede, disclosed this on Wednesday when he paid a courtesy visit to the Edo Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki. Babandede said that the criminalisation of smuggling of migrants had commenced since his assumption of office. While commending…
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Thousands of migrants dead in 2019, globally
At least 2,479 people have lost their lives globally in an attempt to reach different parts of Europe and North America through irregular migration routes, according to the Missing Migrants Project of the IOM. The deaths were recorded across six regions of the world between 1 January and 15 October 2019. With a total of…
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Bombing of Migrants centre in Libya is 'inhuman, wicked, callous' – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the deadly airstrike that killed about 40 people in a migrant centre near Tripoli, Libya. In a statement by Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to President, Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Wednesday, Buhari described the attack as “inhuman, wicked and callous” on “helpless and defenceless people”. President Buhari…
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We’ll start massive deportation of undocumented migrants from U.S. after July 4 – Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump says deportation of undocumented migrants will begin after July 4. “We will be removing large numbers of people… starting sometime after July 4,” Trump said, having earlier noted that the deportations would begin “unless we do something pretty miraculous.” Additional report said that U.S. Immigration authorities had earlier announced plan to…
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Trump orders deportation of millions of ‘illegal aliens’
US President Donald Trump tweeted Monday night that Immigration and Customs Enforcement will begin removing “millions” of undocumented immigrants next week. “Next week ICE will begin the process of removing the millions of illegal aliens who have illicitly found their way into the United States,” Trump tweeted. “They will be removed as fast as they…
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Dozens of migrants found dead on Mediterranean Sea
NO fewer than 25 people are believed to have died or are missing, including a pregnant woman, when a group of migrant boats got stranded at sea and was rescued off the Spanish coast on Thursday. Briefing reporters in Geneva on Friday, spokesperson for the UN High Commission Refugees (UNHCR), Elizabeth Throssell, said that colleagues…
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Dozens of migrants found dead on Mediterranean Sea
No fewer than 25 people are believed to have died or are missing, including a pregnant woman, when a group of migrant boats got stranded at sea and was rescued off the Spanish coast on Thursday. Briefing reporters in Geneva on Friday, Spokesperson for the UN High Commission Refugees (UNHCR), Elizabeth Throssell, said that colleagues…
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African migrants rejected by Italy were tortured, raped – UN
African migrants rejected by Italy in a standoff with the European Union on August 15, said they had been held by smugglers for up to two years in Libya and many had been beaten, tortured and raped, the UN said on Tuesday. The 150 migrants, mainly Eritreans and Somalis, were rescued in the Mediterranean but…