President Hage Geingob and his Botswana counterpart Mokgweetsi Masisi, will this Friday sign a memorandum of understanding to permit citizens of the two countries to use identity cards to cross their borders. According to a press statement by Botswana’s home affairs ministry on Monday, the signing of the agreement will take place at the Mamuno/Trans-Kalahari […]
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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has arrested about 800 undocumented Nigerians who are currently trapped in the Arab country. This followed a series of crackdown by the Saudi Arabian authorities targeting irregular migrants in the country. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) which confirmed this at the weekend also advocated proper information and legitimate documents […]
Authorities have rounded up 45 Ethiopians for allegedly entering into the country without valid travel documents. Rumphi Police spokesperson Tupeliwe Kabwilo said the illegal immigrants were arrested on Tuesday at Bwengu on the M1 Road. According to Kabwilo, police followed a tip that a motor vehicle registration number KA657 Canter Lorry, coming from Karonga going […]
The United Kingdom (UK) administration has availed £15 million to facilitate the recruitment of health and social care workers from across the world, including Zimbabwe. Afflicted by the unabating economic crisis back home, Zimbabweans have resorted to undertaking nurse aide courses to make them eligible for recruitment as adult social care workers in the UK […]
Kasika — The community of Kasika in Zambezi region is displeased with the government’s efforts in maintaining existing infrastructures. According to the residents, the lack of maintenance has resulted in buildings such as the immigration office being in a deplorable state. The immigration office was built and donated to the line ministry by the late […]
— Holds strategic meeting on Land & Maritime Borders Liberia’s Minister of Internal Affairs, Varney A. Sirleaf, says the government of Liberia needs the cooperation of Cote d’Ivoire to find a solution to the Burkinabe influx particularly in the forest of Grand Gedeh, and parts of Nimba, River Gee and Maryland Counties. “We are currently […]
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, said in Enugu on Wednesday that Nigeria is so blessed that her citizens needed not to seek greener pastures elsewhere. Tinubu made the declaration while addressing a campaign rally and he said there is no country like Nigeria in Africa, adding that he […]
President Hage Geingob and his counterpart from Botswana Mokgweetsi Masisi on Sunday held a closed-door meeting at State House that focused on assessing the implementation strategies on decisions taken from the inaugural session of the Bi-National Commission between the two countries. The inaugural Botswana-Namibia Bi- National Commission, which took place late last year, underscored the […]
Nairobi — Kenyans in the diaspora have either cut or reduced the amounts of monies that they send back home, coming at a time when major global economies such as USA, UK, Canada, among others, are battling high inflationary pressures. About eight in ten (82 percent) agree that the cost of remitting money has increased […]
-Security officials engage in sharp practices Confusion reigned at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos, when thousands of people returning home from Christmas could not quickly be attended to at Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, section. Fracas almost ensued when some security agents were helping some passengers to beat the long queue as other passengers […]
Khartoum — The US Embassy denied Tuesday news report circulated that Washington had opened a new immigration program for Sudanese to America The embassy said the false information was circulated by the local media on a new program for Sudanese to immigrate or study in the United States of America. The report claims that the […]
A Tunisian rights group has condemned a “repressive and inhumane” government decision to deport a group of migrants who had been evacuated from a defunct refugee camp. Twenty-five men from Egypt, Niger, Nigeria and Sudan had sought asylum in Tunisia after fleeing violence in neighbouring Libya in 2011, but their requests were denied, according to […]
President Museveni has directed a waiver on the requirement for visas for Congolese citizens entering Uganda. “Crossing in East Africa should be cost free. You pay visa when going to America, Europe but visa to DRC! That is rubbish. If that is the case, I have removed it,” Museveni said . The president directed on […]
Prospective travellers need to use the right immigration process to travel, Mr Benja-min Woesten, Head of Ghanaian-Ger-man Centre (GGC), has stated He said irregular migration in-volved a lot of risks which needed to be avoided. Mr Woesten said this at a press soiree to interact with the media and also commemorate the five years anniversary […]
THE Federal Ministry of Interior and the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, in continuation of implementation of passport administration and immigration service reforms, have launched a special fastrack service that enables Nigerians with expired passports living in foreign countries to return home without any hindrance at all ports of entry. The ongoing dedicated diasporan service available […]
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Nigeria: Migrants Have Rights
As the international community marks Migrants Day tomorrow, it is important to strip the term of its negative connotations for the simple reason that people who find themselves in such situations contribute with their knowledge, networks, and skills to build stronger, more resilient communities. Experts argue that global social and economic landscape can be shaped […]
There is still no clear plan for how the governments will help families voluntarily returning to Zimbabwe The discontinuation of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) in June next year means many families will be forced to return to the country. This has left many parents worried about their children’s transition from schools in South Africa. […]
Undocumented migrants who leave their countries in the Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes region increasingly risking death as they near their destination in southern Africa. Many of them are young Ethiopians. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has expressed alarm at the surge in deaths among migrants trying to reach South Africa. On […]