Immigration

The Grass is Always Greener

The Grass is Always Greener

Most mornings I pass by the American Embassy on my way to the gym. There is always a long queue of people waiting...
Treason cases split Zimbabwe lawyers association

Treason cases split Zimbabwe lawyers association

On-going treason trials in Zimbabwe have split an influential grouping of human rights lawyers over accusations of rampant partisan representation and neglect of arrested...
To Return Or Not to Return

To Return Or Not to Return

It’s a question that haunts many Ghanaian immigrants at one time or another during our stay in our adopted lands. No matter where in...
Zimbabweans in South Africa risk deportation after passport office fire

Zimbabweans in South Africa risk deportation after passport office fire

A centralized governance system in Zimbabwe has come under attack by citizens after the southern African country's entire passports processing center was gutted by fire,...
South Africa: A deliberate move to deport Zimbabwean immigrants?

South Africa: A deliberate move to deport Zimbabwean immigrants?

Thousands of Zimbabweans living in South Africa face a gloomy Christmas as they have just under 10 days left before a December 31 deadline...
Nigeria’s mass deportations to root out extremism ahead of polls?

Nigeria’s mass deportations to root out extremism ahead of polls?

The Nigerian government has embarked on massive deportation of illegal immigrants from Chad, Cameroun and Niger due to suspicion that Islamist sects in Nigeria...
Gabon deports several Whites for racism

Gabon deports several Whites for racism

Authorities in Gabon recently expelled several European nationals for racism. Those expelled are mainly expatriates who worked in the oil sector. According to the...
South Africa’s battle against cowardice

South Africa’s battle against cowardice

Considering the new wave of xenophobic attacks against black Zimbabweans, some black South Africans now have conceded that they are a brood of insecure,...
UK gets ready to send thousands of Zimbabweans back home

UK gets ready to send thousands of Zimbabweans back home

Zimbabwean nationals who were denied asylum in the United Kingdom face renewed deportation threats after a United Kingdom Border Agency fact-finding team visited Harare...
Second class French citizens?

Second class French citizens?

A proposal to strip French citizenship of foreign-born offenders who put the lives of public officers in danger, by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has...
Zimbabwe: Chilling tales of abuse of African immigrants emerge

Zimbabwe: Chilling tales of abuse of African immigrants emerge

Scores of asylum seekers from African countries are languishing in Zimbabwe prisons with hardened criminals as most of them are quickly arrested by authorities upon...
South Africa: Black foreign nationals flee over xenophobic attack fears

South Africa: Black foreign nationals flee over xenophobic attack fears

Scores of Zimbabwean and other African immigrants in South Africa, according to reports are making frantic efforts to leave the country at the very...
Morocco and Spain strengthen immigration cooperation

Morocco and Spain strengthen immigration cooperation

Moroccan and Spanish cooperation to fight against illegal immigration has reached its expected goal. A meeting between the secretary-general of Morocco's foreign ministry,...
Libya and Spain discuss controversial immigration pact

Libya and Spain discuss controversial immigration pact

Libya and Spain have met ahead of an African and European summit to discuss the development of Africa and the control of illegitimate immigration...
Zimbabwean asylum seekers top UN chart ahead of Somalia, Afghanistan

Zimbabwean asylum seekers top UN chart ahead of Somalia, Afghanistan

A report released by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Tuesday reveal that Zimbabwe topped the charts by having more of its people...
Libya: Gaddafi coerces Europe

Libya: Gaddafi coerces Europe

A Swiss businessman Max Göldi who had been held in a Libyan jail since July 2008, following the arrest of Hannibal, son of Muammar...
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Indignities implicit in Arizona immigration crackdown

Common sense, Albert Einstein once observed, is the collection of prejudices. Taking a twist on Einstein’s observation, recent legislation approved in the U.S. state...
African Immigrants in Italy: A shadow of ethnic cleansing?

African Immigrants in Italy: A shadow of ethnic cleansing?

To give a dog a bad name in order to hang it has become synonymous to the plight of African immigrants in Italy. The...
Ghana: Skilled Ghanaians increasing look to countries outside of Africa for work

Ghana: Skilled Ghanaians increasing look to countries outside of Africa for work

A migration profile of Ghana released today by IOM finds that a combination of a growing and increasingly educated Ghanaian labour force, a lack...
Mali’s prostitution gold mines a transit point to Europe?

Mali’s prostitution gold mines a transit point to Europe?

Bars of a new genre are flourishing in Sanso since Morila gold mine opened in 2001 in Mali. The keepers of the place...
Eritrea: National football teams thousands flee for dear life

Eritrea: National football teams thousands flee for dear life

The repressive and authoritarian government regime in Eritrea has suffered a new disapproval as its national football team refused to return to the country...
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Africa in the European Union

Unexpected things are happening all over the world, especially amidst Africans. That the King of Swaziland got married to yet another eighteen year old...
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A serious French identity crisis: Who do you think you are?

In the old musical, Jesus Christ Superstar, there is the chorus that sings the question: Jesus Christ, Superstar, who do you think you are?...
South Africa Home Affairs Minister clueless over immigration figures

South Africa Home Affairs Minister clueless over immigration figures

South African government has no clue as to the number of illegal immigrants residing in the country, a cabinet minister revealed. Home Affairs Minister...
2011 U.S. Diversity Visa Lottery: Open until November 30

2011 U.S. Diversity Visa Lottery: Open until November 30

Each year, the U.S. government makes 50,000 permanent residence visas (“green cards”) available through the Diversity Immigrant Visa program. Visa applicants are selected through...
Angola, DRC and Congo deport illegal immigrants

Angola, DRC and Congo deport illegal immigrants

Thousands of Congolese have been deported from Angola this year. The Republic of Congo has also deported DRC nationals from its territory. In a...
European immigration policies: Human rights abuses denounced

European immigration policies: Human rights abuses denounced

European Ministers in charge of immigration met Monday in Brussels. French Immigration Minister, Eric Besson, announced that he favoured the creation of an European...
Italy: Anti-immigration law reminiscent of Nazi era mass deportation law?

Italy: Anti-immigration law reminiscent of Nazi era mass deportation law?

Being an illegal immigrant is an offence under a new Italian law, passed on 8 August. The law was promulgated by President Silvio Berlusconi...
South Africa – Zimbabwe border fences disappear: Opposition expresses fears

South Africa – Zimbabwe border fences disappear: Opposition expresses fears

Large sections of the border security fence between South Africa and Zimbabwe have been stolen as the South African police have reduced patroling the...
Shocking Spanish police maltreatment of African immigrant caught on film

Shocking Spanish police maltreatment of African immigrant caught on film

The Madrid international airport in Spain was the scene of a violent expulsion, Tuesday, of an African immigrant, believed to be of Senegalese descent....