“Clandestine or irregular migration locally known within Senegambia (Gambia-Senegal) region as ‘backway’ from West Africa to the Spanish enclave of Canary Islands increases between 2019 and 2020 with number of boats jumping from 2,700 to over 23,000. Though, numbers increase, it is considered the deadliest migration route to Europe. This has caused a great deal […]
Tag: Migration
The MDC Alliance in the UK and a two-man group calling itself the Restoration of Human Rights in Zimbabwe organised a poorly attended demonstration in London at the Zimbabwe embassy. They were demonstrating against deportations of Zimbabweans from the United Kingdom to Harare. Reasons for the deportation included involvement in criminal activity, the end of […]
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) on Thursday invited about 5,000 qualifying Angolan nationals to apply for the Angolan Exemption Permit. The Angolan Special Permits (ASP) was first issued in 2018 and expires at the end of this year. The conditions of the permit state that it cannot be extended, and its conditions cannot be […]
Jobless Kenyan nurses and other health workers will get a chance to work in the UK as part of a new scheme requested by Kenya, and set to be launched Thursday, Nation has learnt. Sources in the know say the unemployed health workers will serve in the UK’s National Health Service before returning to work […]
Migration is increasingly recognised as a determinant of health. Research shows that, in many cases, cross-border migrants arriving in new countries are healthier than the host population. But the advantage often falls away as non-nationals encounter discrimination and challenges in accessing documentation, support services and employment. The health and wellbeing of all individuals within a […]
THE ruling Zanu PF party denies it has offered the 14 Zimbabweans deported from the United Kingdom last Thursday access to land for farming. However, the government said it would assist the 14 who had served lengthy jail terms in the UK, to rehabilitate, and integrate in local communities they would choose to stay. Zanu […]
UNITED Kingdom Home Office Secretary Priti Patel says he remains unapologetic for overseeing the deportation of 14 Zimbabwean this week. He made the remarks in response to an enquiry over the deportations made by five UK legislators Louise Haigh, Paul Blomfield, Clive Bets, Olivia Blake, Gill Furniss. A total of 14 Zimbabwean nationals arrived in […]
FOURTEEN Zimbabwean deportees who arrived from the United Kingdom (UK) and were subsequently taken to a Covid-19 quarantine facility will be integrated back into their communities and offered the same opportunities as everyone else, Government spokesperson Mr Nick Mangwana said. The Zimbabweans, some of whom have criminal records, touched down at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe […]
“I AM hurt, I do not even know where or how he will restart his life,” said a mother, waiting in vain to catch a glimpse of her 32-year-old son on arrival at the Robert Gabriel International Airport Thursday. The son is among 14 Zimbabweans who were deported from the United Kingdom (UK) this week. […]
The United Kingdom will this week start the mass deportation of Zimbabweans, who sought asylum at the height of the country’s political upheavals under the late Robert Mugabe. British envoys in Harare are said to have met Zimbabwe’s Foreign Affairs ministry officials to lay the ground for the imminent deportation of 150 Zimbabweans. The first […]
Electronic Vaccination Data System only accepts documented immigrants People living in South Africa but who are undocumented are not able to register with the Covid-19 vaccination programme. While they see many of their South African friends being vaccinated around them, they have been left out. A community leader in Limpopo says he supports vaccinating the […]
ADDIS ABABA – Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) announced that the government has been working hard to rescue its citizens residing abroad and has repatriated over 41,000 undocumented Ethiopian citizens from Saudi Arabia over the past weeks. Ministry Spokesperson, Ambassador Dina Mufti said that the government planned to repatriate over 40,000 undocumented Ethiopian migrants and […]
What will our children eat if this looting does not stop? asks resdient Residents in some parts of Brakpan have formed groups to protect immigrant-owned shops. Most shops were looted and their owners and landlords threatened earlier this week. The situation is still not safe and community members continue to guard those under threat. Meanwhile, […]
Authorities have rebranded notorious militia-run facilities – even appointing old staff More than 700 drownings in central Mediterranean in last six months, with Libyan coastguard sometimes filming people in the sea rather than rescuing them ‘The entire network of Libyan migration detention centres is rotten to its core’ – Diana Eltahawy Amnesty International has published […]
The Lagos State Government has charged the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) to be vigilant as travellers moved to and fro the borders of the state amid the third wave of COVID-19. Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, gave the charge when the Comptroller, NIS Lagos Command, Bauchi Aliyu, paid him a visit on Monday at […]
Holders of Kenya’s passport cannot access 54 countries in the wake of Covid-19 ban in the global race to protect nations against new variants of coronavirus. The Henley Passport Index, which has been regularly monitoring the world’s most travel-friendly passports since 2006, made the revelations that show how the pandemic has affected travel. Australia, Argentina, […]
Tunis/Tunisia — National guards deployed in various coastal regions foiled on Tuesday night, several irregular migration attempts. They rescued 193 people from drowning and arrested 369 undocumented migrants, including foreigners, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday. According to the same source, the National Guard units in Mahress, Mahdia, Sfax, Kerkennah and Djerba thwarted on Tuesday […]
Tunis/Tunisia — 78 undocumented migrants of foreign nationalities had been rescued by the Sfax coast guard units, spokesman for the National Guard Houssemeddine Jebabli said on Monday. They also recovered the bodies of 49 others. Their boats capsized between June 26 and July 4, Jebali stated to TAP. About 135 individuals of various African nationalities […]