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…as JIFORM insists on the protection of Nigerian migrants By Festus Ahon, ASABA JOURNALISTS International Forum, JIFORM, has risen against some existing law on migration matters in Nigeria and called for effective legislation to aid migration and its benefits to the country. The Minister of Labour and Employment for the state, Festus Keyamo and the
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The African Migration Observatory, a study platform launched by the African Union to improve migration governance, was inaugurated on Friday in the Moroccan capital Rabat. “Today, Africa will have its own data, this will allow us to disprove several myths about migration,” said Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita at a ceremony he co-chaired with the
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By Bose Adelaja As the world marks International Migrants Day 2020, a research conducted by a United Nations agency the Missing Migrant Project of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), has revealed that more Africans have lost their lives to irregular migration in 2020 than any other people across the world. According to the data,
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Swiss voters have rejected a right-wing proposal to end the free movement of workers between Switzerland and EU countries. The proposal was made by the right-wing People’s Party (SVP), which had argued that the current liberal arrangement has attracted 75,000 EU citizens per year on average, leading to overpopulation, rising housing costs and a burdened
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Igbo World Assembly, IWA, the umbrella organisation that represents the apex national Igbo organisations in the diaspora, has raised the alarm, saying the movement of youths from North to South was an ominous sign that something sinister might be in the offing. The group, in a communiqué after its virtual meeting held recently while making
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Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has called for collaboration between it and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) with a view to addressing the challenges of irregular migration. Chairman/CEO of NIDCOM Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa called for the collaboration when she received in her office in Abuja, a three-man delegation from ILO comprising Ms Lotte Kejer, Chief
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By Omeiza Ajayi The United Nations migration agency, the International Organization for Migration IOM has said no fewer than 35, 532 irregular migrants died between 2014 and 2019 on various routes, adding that the figure could be higher as some “missing migrants” could not be traced. In a statement sent to Vanguard by IOM’s National
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Mr Daniel Dergent, Belgium Ambassador to Nigeria, said that migration can be an asset and danger for both the country of origin and the country of destination.
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Stakeholders on migration reporting have underscored the need for the creation of a better platform to ensure effective coverage and implementation of the national policy on migration issues.
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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.’
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