Group Targets Better Migration Reportage In S’East With Training Of Journalists

Awka – A two-day capacity building workshop on Migration Issues Reportage, for select journalists from media agencies in the Southeast, on Wednesday kicked off in Enugu. The programme, is organized under the European Union- International Organization for Migration, EU-IOM initiative being implemented by the Civil Society Network on Migration and Development (CSOnetMADE). The training is an […]

IFAD Chief Discloses How to Prevent Conflict, Mass Migration

President of International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Gilbert F. Houngbo, is currently busy harping on how the world can prevent conflict and mass migration in 2021. According to him, ‘’it is essential to work together to transform our food systems and increase the prosperity and well-being of the world’s most vulnerable rural people, so […]

5 Million African Migrants Are Outside the Continent, IOM Says

Some five million African migrants are currently living and working outside the continent. Interestingly, the entirety of humankind’s history begins in East Africa, with early Africans’ outbound migration towards Europe and the Middle East. Yet, migration within Africa remains the more dynamic trend. Over 21 million African migrants—more than five times the number of those in […]

AU Report: Migration Within Africa Hits 8% Annual Growth Rate, 25.4 Million In 10 Years

A new 10-year study of migration concludes that the movement of people between countries within Africa is the defining feature of migration on the continent. The second edition of the Report on Labour Migration Statistics in Africa (2017), released by the African Union Commission (AUC) in Addis Ababa in the dying hours of September, reveals that the […]

“Some countries’ passport gives you access to travel visa-free or visa- on- arrival to over 155 countries or more” – Kimberly C Agulebe

In this interview with The News Chronicle’s Ekpedeme Umoh, Kimberly C Agulebe, Business Development Consultant for M&E Migration Consultants Ltd, talks about opportunities for acquiring second citizenship or residency through investments, the likely impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the providers of such services and how to differentiate scammers from genuine providers of services in […]

“Some countries’ passport gives you access to travel visa-free or visa- on- arrival to over 155 countries or more” – Kimberly C Agulebe

In this interview with The News Chronicle’s Ekpedeme Umoh, Kimberly C Agulebe, Business Development Consultant for M&E Migration Consultants Ltd, talks about opportunities for acquiring second citizenship or residency through investments, the likely impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the providers of such services and how to differentiate scammers from genuine providers of services in […]

NCFRMI boss attributes the agency’s success to Buhari

The Federal Commissioner of National Commission For Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), Senator Basheer Garba Mohammed, has attributed the success of the agency to President Muhammadu Buhari’s determination to frontally deal with issues relating to migration. Senator Mohammed stated this when he received a German delegation on Migration in his office, at the […]

Migration: UN Braces For 2020 Review Forum

The principal agencies of the United Nations on migration are gearing up for 2020 challenges. To this end, they are calling for the roll-out of the Network work plan, at regional and country levels, to ensure that 2020 sees the acceleration of collective efforts to demonstrate the benefits of international cooperation on migration. The Principals […]

18 Million U-20 Girls Have Embarked On Migration Journeys, UN Says

Over 18 million female international migrants under 20 years of age, have so far embarked on migration journeys, according to a report by the United Nations’ International Organisation for Migration (IOM). The global migration agency however, recognised this on the International Day of the Girl Child. Within this context, a new IOM report on young […]

Migration: Since 2016, Senegal Witnessing Increase Departures To Europe

Since 2016, Senegal, a key transit country for many West Africans traveling to Europe is witnessing an increase of departures from its coasts towards Spain.  Thousands of Senegalese also migrate in search of better economic opportunities in Europe. In 2018, the Western Mediterranean Route (WMR) – from West Africa towards Spain – became the most frequently used route into […]