Tag: migrants

ROME- About 650 migrants reached the Italian coast in a fishing boat, the latest in increasing attempts to reach the country. The boat which was...

BY PETER DADA LAGOS- The Assistant  Comptroller-General ( ACG ) in charge of  Nigerian Immigration Service  ( NIS) Ikeja  Zone “A” , Mr Olakunle Osisanya,   has ...

By SULEIMAN SHEHU IBADAN- The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Oyo State Command, says it has arrested and repatriated 18 foreigners for allegedly possessing voters cards. The...

By EMMANUEL YASHIM BERLIN- Any migrant taken into custody in Germany pending deportation should have the right to a lawyer paid for by the state,...

By SHEJI HALIMA BIRMINGHAM- British Interior Minister, Suella Braverman will on Tuesday set out plans for new powers which would ban migrants who cross the...

By JOSEPH EDEH LONDON- The Football Association is working  with federations in other countries to identify the best way to shine a light on the plight of...

Britain and France were on Thursday looking at new measures to limit migration across the Channel and break people-smuggling networks after at least 27...

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Friday that it would inaugurate a project aimed at strengthening consular support for migrants stranded in...

South African authorities say they have begun deporting 20 refugees and asylum seekers who were part of a months-long sit-in protest against xenophobia. They are...

The World Bank has projected that remittances by migrant workers to low and middle income countries (LMICs) will drop to $508 billion in 2020.   In...

Tripoli - The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said, on Tuesday, that 6,848 illegal immigrants have been rescued and returned to Libya so...

Leipzig, Germany - An arrest warrant has been issued in Germany for the driver of a lorry after 31 migrants were found...

Rome - An Italian aid group known as Mediterranea on Wednesday said it had resumed its migrant rescue operations in the central Mediterranean...

Istanbul - No fewer than 13 migrants died in a snowstorm in eastern Turkey night after crossing the border from...

Paris - Police in Paris on Tuesday evacuated the last big migrants’ tent camp in the capital, an official said. The...

By Maureen Okon Abuja - The Institute of International Relations, Netherlands, says it is seeking a partnership with Nigerians in Diaspora Commission...

By Jacinta Nwachukwu United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres asserts that migration is a powerful driver of economic growth, dynamism and understanding among the nations. According...

By Jacinta Nwachukwu Abuja - The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internationally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) says it will continue to support and improve...

Pope Francis urged the world to let the light of Christmas pierce the “darkness in human hearts” that leads to religious persecution, social injustice,...

A report by Daily Trust indicate that two former governors of Sokoto state, Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa and Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko engaged in a...