•Some deported migrants from US Fifteen people have arrived in DR Congo after being expelled from the United States as part of an immigration crackdown, the UN confirmed yesterday, with a local source saying they were from Peru and Ecuador. The arrivals in Kinshasa overnight Thursday to yesterday are the first under the deal to […]
•Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson Sweden’s government today said it would put forward a bill introducing a requirement for migrants to adhere to an “honest living” or face deportation. The country’s right-wing government, which came into power in 2022 vowing to get tough on immigration, is currently trying to rapidly push through a slew...
•Tijani Aliyu Ahmed and Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu The Nigerian Army has expressed readiness to assist agencies to address the challenges of refugees, migrants and internally displaced persons in the country. The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, gave the assurance yesterday when he received the Federal Commissi...
•Mass grave in Libya Libyan authorities have uncovered a mass grave containing the bodies of 21 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, local media reported yesterday. News outlets cited government sources as saying a Libyan national has been arrested on suspicion of killing the migrants and holding others captive on a farm in the northeastern town ...
•President John Mahama of Ghana A civil society group has filed a lawsuit seeking to declare illegal the deportation deal between Ghana and the US government, and the way the West African deportees are being treated, court documents show. Ghanaian leader John Mahama disclosed last month that his country had struck a deal with the […]
•UK flag Migrants seeking to settle in the UK will have to have a job, not claim benefits, and undertake community work under plans to be unveiled by the interior minister today. Currently, those with family in Britain and who have lived there for five years qualify for “indefinite leave to remain” — permanent residence […]
•US President Donald Trump The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s administration to resume deportations of migrants to countries other than their homeland. By 6-3, the justices reversed a lower court order requiring the government to give migrants a “meaningful opportunity” to tell officials what risks they might...
•UK and Nigeria flags About 52,000 Nigerians immigrated to the United Kingdom in the year ending December 2024, even as overall net migration to the country dropped by nearly 50%, according to new data released by the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS). Nigerians were among the top non-EU+ nationals entering the UK last year, […]
•US President Donald Trump The Trump administration said yesterday it will pay for the travel and give $1,000 to undocumented migrants who “self-deport” back to their home country. US President Donald Trump said some of the undocumented migrants who take advantage of the self-deportation scheme will be given a path to legally return to the [&h...
•Japa Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has called on Nigerians migrating abroad not to forget their roots, urging them to contribute positively to the development of their home country, while abroad. NiDCOM congratulated Prof Akolisa Ufodike for being honoured with the King Charles III Coronation Medal, reports The Guardian. Meanwhile...

