Immigration - Page 2
Gaddafi, African Union chairman accused of collaborating with Italy against Africans…
Libyan Leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi and current chairman of the African Union, has compared the US to al-Qeada, accused the international community of ignoring...
UK slaps South Africa with visa requirements
South African nationals are now required to collect visas to enter United Kingdom but the new requirement is not expected to have...
Great Britain to remove nationals from Zimbabwe
A British newspaper has reported that the British government was offering a resettlement package to the Britons to leave Zimbabwe following increasing numbers of...
Escaping from African war to European indifference
A war child is a child born as a result of rape in the heat and horrors of war. John Mutombo is described as...
Migrant workers outnumber Equatorial Guineans
Latest statistics reveal that more than 300,000 people in Equitorial Guinea are from outside the country, with the majority of the migrants arriving illegally...
Greece to extend residence permits for foreign students
In a bid to increase internationalization and promote a multicultural state, the Greek government has moved to increase the residence permit for foreign students...
Citizen’s summit on migration demands a more humane Europe
Over 200 civil society organisations from across the globe are organising a "citizens' summit" on migration from 17-18 October in Paris to demand a...
Sierra Leoneans flocking into Liberia raise xenophobia concerns
Reports emanating from Gendema village in Liberia claim that a throng of youths on daily basis are flocking into Liberia from Sierra Leone.
It is...
EU to create job search centre in Africa to stop illegal migration
The European Union has moved to reduce illegal migration of Africans to Europe in search of jobs. The EU hopes to create a job...
Jean Ping in brussels to discuss France’s request for El Bashir’s case
The President of the Commission of the African Union, Jean Ping, arrived Brussels Tuesday where he takes part, Wednesday, in a joint meeting of...
Bakassi returnees overwhelm Nigerian gov’t amid Cameroonian persecution fears
The Nigerian government has announced it is unprepared for the tens of thousands of returnees who have fled the southern Bakassi province over the...
Yemen Horn of Africa : Calm sea lures African migrants
According to UNHCR, more than 22,532 people have arrived in Yemen since the beginning of 2008. Most live in abject poverty
SANAA, 9 September 2008...
Spain to deport africans for rioting in Senegalese stabbing case
Some illegal African immigrants who where arrested in connection with the riots in Roquetas de Mar, Spain over the death of a Senegalese man...
Africa to Europe by Sea : The dreams of a dead immigrant
He sold all his belongings and sent his wife and children to the village. The plan was for him to smuggle into Europe through...
Morocco opposes European immigration initiatives
The Moroccan government recently asked from European countries to abandon their policy of return of immigrants and expressed its "total rejection" of a Dutch...
Leader of illegal immigration ring arrested in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is being used by scores of illegal immigrants from the Great Lakes region as a gateway into South Africa, the Herald Online...
Foreign footballers in South Africa face precarity as COSAFA enters knockout stage
African soccer players based in South Africa who have been offloaded by South African Clubs could be deported if they fail to find new...
ECOWAS and Spain embark on a multi million euro project on Migration and Development
ECOWAS and Spain have signed a technical document for the administration and management of the 10-million-euro ECOWAS-Spain Fund on Migration and Development.
An ECOWAS news...
The U.K. to dish out visas to highly skilled African migrants
Following the tightening of British border security arrangements, the UK government Monday announced the introduction of a new system for assessing highly-skilled migrants who...
Over 80 Nigerians kicked out of the United States
The United States has deported 87 Nigerians, who were ferried home on a special flight Wednesday, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported.
The deportees...
British Airways panicks after Nigerians threaten boycott
The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Bob Dewar, has apologised to Nigeria over the poor treatment of its nationals who were barred from boarding...
The rain taker : How one man gleefully unsettled Africa’s potential
By the time you finish reading this piece, one hundred illegal immigrants will have crossed the border into South Africa and Botswana, two of...
French manager gets the boot from The Gambia for abuse
Gambia’s five-star Atlantic Hotel General Manager has been deported to his native country, France, by the Gambia Immigrant Department, sources confirmed.
According to the sources,...
Israeli police shoot and kill an Egyptian
In a twist of roles, Israeli border police shot and killed an Egyptian Bedouin man Wednesday as he allegedly attempted to cross the lengthy...
South Africa : Two immigrants killed in Jo’burg xenophobic attacks
Tensions are running high in Johannesburg, South Africa, after a series of attacks on immigrants in Alexandra township north of the city.
Police said two...
Rabat, Morocco hosts African conference on migration
The Moroccan capital, Rabat, will on 22 May host an African parliamentary conference on migration, a communiqué issued by the Moroccan parliament in Rabat...
Morocco : Suspicious sinking of migrant boat
The Moroccan government should immediately investigate allegations that its naval forces sank a boat in the Mediterranean in which at least 28 migrants drowned,...
European MPs and illigal immigrants protest in Brussels
Several hundred illegal immigrants supported by European MPs as well as humanitarian NGOs, trade unions and students, demonstrated on Wednesday before the European parliament...
Africans educated in United States not returning home
The result of a study by an American institute has shown that most Africans who earn their doctorate degrees from US universities remain in...
Cameroonian suicide in Belgium sparks riots at detention facility
A young Cameroonian asylum seeker in Belgium has committed suicide by hanging himself in the toilet of a detention centre in Merksplas, Belgium, with...