U.S. President Donald Trump tapped into his long-standing insistence on border security and slammed illegal immigration in his speech to the UN, saying protecting national frontiers preserves human rights. “When you undermine border security, you are undermining human rights and human dignity,” said Trump, who has been cracking down on undocumented migration over the U.S.’ […]

The UN migration agency plans to assist African countries to develop policies that would promote safe migration, an official said on Monday. Alice Kimani, Regional Policy Liaison Officer at the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said this at a regional migration forum in Nairobi. Kimani said that a number of countries including Kenya, South Sudan, […]

THE biting, harsh reality of the Nigerian economy has made migration very attractive. Right from the time of military rule, professionals and non-professionals alike have been fleeing the country, that touts itself as the ‘Giant of Africa’, in droves in order to have a semblance of a decent life for themselves and their families.

 Amb. Babatunde Nurudeen, Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) Commission, has said that political instability was a leading cause for irregular migration among citizens in West Africa.

The European Union has cautioned individuals and nations to allow migration to flow from genuine personal aspirations and not through desperation that could result in exploitation and other dire consequences.