No fewer than four hundred and eighty one Nigerians returned to the country yesterday from Libya. All the returnees will be temporarily camped at a Reception Centre in Port Harcourt pending formal transfer to their states. The returnees were accompanied by the Director- General of the National Emergency Management Agency( NEMA), Engr. Mustapha Maihaja; the […]
A woman has delivered of a baby as no fewer that 6,800 rescued migrants from boats off the coast of Libya over the weekend arrived the Italian port of Pozzallo on Monday. This development is part of European coastguard agencies’ biggest rescue operation this year. According to Aljazeera, the migrants are going through a […]
EU foreign and interior ministers are due to discuss the deaths of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean from Africa, BBC reports. They duo will meet in Luxembourg. Some southern European nations say the EU’s credibility is now at stake after last year’s decision to scale back search and rescue efforts. On Sunday, hundreds […]