•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...
•Illegal immigrants arrested in US The United States deported 135 migrants of various nationalities, including 65 minors, to Costa Rica yesterday, according to the Costa Rican government. Their flight departed from San Diego, California, and arrived at a base next to Juan Santamaria International Airport, reports AFP. The deportees, who will b...
•Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer The British Government today said it was toughening immigration rules to make it almost impossible for undocumented migrants who arrive on small boats to later receive citizenship. Under new guidance, migrants arriving by sea or hidden in the back of vehicles will normally be refused citizenship, reports ...
•Donald Trump Days before Donald Trump returns to the White House with a vow of mass deportations, migrants in Mexico say they are increasingly nervous about whether their asylum appointments will be honoured. Some of the appointments with US authorities are scheduled for days after Trump takes office on January 20, or even on Inauguration [&h...
•President Vladimir Putin Russia needs migrants in order to develop because of its dwindling domestic workforce, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview published today. “Migrants are a necessity,” he told state news agency RIA Novosti. “We have a tense demographic situation. We live in the largest country in the world but there a...
•Chinese President Xi Jinping China today vowed that further efforts to optimise the visa waiver and other relevant policies and measures to make it more convenient for foreigners to visit and stay in China. Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Lin Jian made the remarks at a daily news conference, in response to a query about recent comments [&helli...
•Trump and Harris Former President Donald Trump last night repeated a claim that migrants arriving in the US after fleeing prisons and mental institutions will be deported if elected again on November 5. He said “We have millions of people pouring into our country from prisons and jails, from mental institutions and insane asylums,” Trump [&he...
•Boat mishap At least 12 migrants died off the northern French coast today trying to cross the Channel to England in the deadliest such disaster this year, the French government said, as a major rescue operation was underway. Announcing the death toll on X, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin also said that two migrants were […]
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