Over 1,000 migrants died or went missing off Tunisia in 2023
February 13, 2024 A record 1,313 migrants were reported to have died or went missing off the Tunisian coast last year, a rights group said on Tuesday, highlighting the worsening…
Nigerians among over 42,000 refugees, asylum-seekers in Libya
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said that there were 42,210 registered refugees and asylum-seekers currently in Libya. A good number of them were said to be…
Two Nigerian migrant women rescued from drowning enroute Europe tell their story
Authorities say 17 migrants drowned and two were rescued Thursday after a boat trying to carry them to Europe sank off the Tunisian coast. The two rescued migrants were Nigerian…
International flights: Immigration grants extension of permits to migrants
The Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Muhammad Babandede has implemented procedures for international flights resumption and visa payment, one of which is extension of permits for migrants. Babandede…
Migrants attempt suicide, threaten crew in the Mediterranean Sea
Almost 200 migrants rescued by a humanitarian aid boat in the Mediterranean Sea began to leave the vessel in Sicily late on Monday after nine days stuck on the ship…
Covid-19 gifts undocumented Nigerian migrants, others stay permit in Italy
Italy will give 600,000 illegal migrants the right to stay in the country after the government said they proved essential by caring for the elderly and picking crops during the…
Better to die in the sea than return to Libya, says ‘husband’ of rescued Nigerian migrant
An African migrant recently rescued from a crowded dinghy drifting in the Mediterranean said he would have rather died at sea than return to Libya, highlighting the desperation driving the…
Trump blocks Nigerians, others from seeking asylum in US
The Trump administration on Monday said it would take steps to make it more difficult for immigrants arriving on the southern border to seek asylum in the U.S. Nigerians and…
Nigerians among 6,000 migrants trapped in Libyan detention camps
A medical charity, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says there are close to 6,000 migrants trapped in Libyan detention camps who should be evacuated to Europe “as soon as possible”. Nigerians…
43 dead as two boats capsize
At least 43 migrants have drowned after two boats capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday. The UN organisation had previously counted…