Nearly 600 African migrants in Algeria were “abandoned” in the desert before being rescued, an official in Niger said on Sunday “Three days ago a first wave of 180 from Niger arrived in (the northern Nigerien city of) Agadez followed by another wave of at least 400 foreigners,” a local official told AFP. The official, […] …
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Chile to expel 2,000 illegal migrants
Billionaire Chilean President Sebastian Pinera’s right-wing government said Monday it has set itself a target of expelling 2,000 illegal migrants from the country by the end of the year. The measure is part of a migration plan that the world’s largest copper producer introduced to cope with the arrival of hundreds of thousands of migrants over […] …
Nigerians, others with World Cup IDs stopped from entering Poland through Russia
Seventeen people, most of them from Nigeria and Morocco and holding World Cup fan identity documents, have tried to enter Poland illegally from Russia since the soccer tournament began, border guards service said on Monday. In the most recent incident, guards detained six Moroccans on Thursday when they crossed into north-east Poland from Kaliningrad, a […] …
Italy bans more migrant rescue boats
Italy’s Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Saturday warned another migrant rescue mission off the Libyan coast that it would not be allowed to land its “human cargo” at an Italian port. The new rightwing and anti-immigrant Italian government last week banned the French NGO operated vessel the Aquarius, with more than 600 rescued migrants on […] …
Italy summons French ambassador amid migrant row
Italy’s foreign ministry on Wednesday said it had summoned the French ambassador amid a diplomatic spat between the two countries over the handling of a migrant crisis. On Tuesday French President Emmanuel Macron accused Italy of “irresponsibility” after the Rome government refused to open its ports to the NGO Aquarius ship carrying hundreds of migrants […] …
U.S. Navy recovers 12 bodies, rescue 41 from migrant boat
An American naval vessel on Tuesday recovered 12 bodies and rescued 41 survivors from a rubber boat that was sinking off the coast of Libya, a humanitarian group said. A spokesman for Sea Watch Ruben Neugebauer said this happened after its ship was contacted by radio to help out. READ ALSO:Boy arrested over fatal stabbing […] …
America to toughen screening of illegal migrants seeking asylum, Attorney-General says
The U.S. Attorney-General, Jeff Sessions, on Monday said that the screening of illegal migrants seeking political asylum should be toughened. Alleged false claims of persecution back home usually made by 80 per cent of illegal U.S. border crossers who seek political asylum seem to have prompted a crackdown. “The vast majority of the current asylum […] …
Passport to death: Beware of human organ harvesters, NIS Comptroller warns illegal migrants
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Seme Command, Lagos, at the launching of ‘Passport to Safe Migration’, called on Nigerians to shun irregular migration to avoid being abused, trafficked and falling into the hands of human organ harvesters.
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Pregnant cow bags death sentence for illegal border crossing
A pregnant cow will be executed as a result of crossing from her European Union farm in Bulgaria into the non-EU Serbia. Daily Mail reports that Penka, a pregnant red cow who is due in around three months’ time, wandered westwards away from her herd near the village of Kopilovtsi, straying over the border into […] …
