State asks for ZEPHA’s case to be dismissed with costs Civil society organisations have challenged the decision by government to terminate the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit system on 30 June. Their arguments, and counter-arguments by the state, and the All Truck Drivers Forum and Allied South Africa, were heard in the Pretoria High Court this week. […]
Tag: Migration
The sharp rise in migrants and asylum-seekers making the deadly Central Mediterranean crossing into Europe requires urgent action to save lives, UN High Commission for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Thursday. Since 2014, over 26,000 people have died or gone missing crossing the Mediterranean Sea. Most of these deaths or disappearances, over 20,000, occurred […]
The lawsuit is the latest phase of the clash between Seplat Energy’s CEO Roger Brown and some stakeholders. Nigeria’s biggest oil and gas company by market value, Seplat Energy, said Thursday there is a court action initiated by the Nigerian government alleging a breach of immigration law by the company and some of its directors. […]
Police in Tunisia’s capital, Tunis, have forcefully removed a group homeless sub-Saharan Africans had been camping outside of the UN buildings of the International Organisation for Migration (OIM) and the UN Refugee Agency (HCR) for several weeks. Teargas was reportedly fired on Tuesday and batons used to remove people. The group included people from Niger, […]
After a surge in the number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean, Italy declared a six-month state of emergency. The country admitted it wouldn’t solve the problem but said it would make repatriations easier. The Italian government declared a state of emergency on Tuesday to deal with the “sharp rise” of migrants trying to cross the […]
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has described the Bill to prevent Nigerian-trained medical doctors from being issued full practicing licenses or allowed to travel abroad for five years as modern-day slavery. The bill sponsored by Hon. Ganiyu Abiodun Johnson in the House of Representatives is titled, “A Bill for an Act to amend […]
Abuja — The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria, (MDCAN) has opposed the bill seeking to compel newly trained doctors to work for five years in the country before being granted qualifying licence to seek greener pastures elsewhere. The proposed legislation which has passed the second reading at the lower chamber of the National […]
Missed Opportunity to Tackle EU Responsibility in Migrant Rights Violations The contrast between the resolution on Libya adopted this week at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) and the UN Fact-Finding Mission’s final report detailing violations and abuses in Libya is staggering. On the one hand, UN experts documented in the report a “wide array […]
Categories
Kenyans to Get Passports Within 3 Weeks
Nairobi — Over 60,000 applicants who have been waiting for Kenyan passports will now receive them within three weeks. Immigration and Citizen Services Principal Secretary Prof. Julius Bitok said the backlog will be cleared within 21 days after the government received over 100,000 passport blank booklets. “It will take you 21 days to receive your […]
Authorities have reportedly managed to locate the site where a plane carrying President Salva Kiir Mayardit crashed in 1993, and recovered his passport. The travel document, along with those belonging to other passengers who were on board the plane that crashed in Torongo, Baringo County in 1993, had been safely kept by a family that […]
The bodies of at least 29 people, many of them sub-Saharan Africans, were recovered from the Mediterranean Sea over the weekend off the coast of Tunisia, according to the Tunisian National Guard. Eleven people were rescued. Officials say they do not know for sure how many vessels sank or how many people may have been […]
Categories
Rwanda: UK-Rwanda Migration Deal Expanded
THE United Kingdom’s Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, and Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vincent Biruta, on Saturday, March 18, signed an addendum that will expand the scope of the existing UK-Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership. Braverman made the announcement at a press briefing in Kigali. She did not reveal details about the addendum. “Today, […]
The World Bank has temporarily suspended its future engagement talks with Tunisia amid uproar over recent statements by the country’s president against migrants. The two sides were engaged in talks for providing Tunisia with loans up to $520 million. In an internal message to staff, outgoing World Bank President David Malpass attributed the decision to […]
Nairobi — Visas to the United Kingdom are now set to be printed in Kenya following the launch of the upgraded TLSContact Visa Application Centre in Nairobi. This follows an announcement by the UK Visas and Immigration’s (UKVI) Head of Visit Visas and International Network Dominique Hardy who is on a working visit to Kenya. […]
Harare — Tunisia’s President Kais Saied has denounced racism barely 10 days after declaring a crackdown on illegal immigration and using language the African Union deemed to be “racialized hate speech”. During a statement on February 21, Saied called for the expulsion of all illegal immigrants, describing migration as a plot to alter Tunisia’s demographics so that […]
The Chief Director for the Ministry of the Interior, Mrs Adelaide Anno-Kumi, has launched the United Nations and European Union Building Migration Partnership Project to promote safe, orderly and regular migration. It will also advance the work of the United Nations, governments, stakeholders, migrants and communities for sustainable development. According to her, migration has been […]
Nairobi, Kenya — Kenya and Uganda have initiated talks for the opening of a One-Stop Border Post in Lokiriama in northwest Kenya to boost trade and open up the far-flung area, the Interior Ministry said Monday evening. Kenya’s Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo said the border post would enhance movement and trade between the two […]
Zimbabwe will beef up security at its ports of entry to ensure that drugs are not smuggled into the country and thus affect the livelihoods of youths, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said Tuesday. Mnangagwa, who was the guest of honor at National Youth Day commemorations that were held in Lupane, Matabeleland North Province in western Zimbabwe, […]