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Parents, police and even judges are hesitant to press charges against human-traffickers because of fear of punishment, concern for the community and confusion about Togo's 2005 anti-trafficking law, according to an NGO analysis of the law.
Urgent implementation of delayed government plans to put up an electric fence along the country's border with Zimbabwe will alleviate rampant cross border crime, according to a petition sent to Minister of Justice, Defense and Security, Dikgakgamatso Seretse, by the opposition Botswana Congress Party.
Angolan deputy Home minister, Eduardo Martins, Tuesday in Luanda ruled out the need for a massive detention and repatriation of foreigners living illegally in the country, under the existing strategy to fight illegal immigration, Angop learned.
For years children's rights groups have been fighting child trafficking in West Africa. Now, some of those groups are questioning how children have benefited from anti-trafficking interventions as they launch a project to understand children's perilous migration throughout West Africa.
Thousands of Nigerians living abroad yesterday besieged the Ikoyi Passport Office of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) in Lagos in quest of e-passports.
THE police in India on Tuesday arrested a Ugandan man, who went to India on a student visa and overstayed for 31 years.
Human trafficking by Nigerians is posing a major challenge to the country's mission in Algeria, the Ambassador, Mr Jeremiah Hassan, has said.
It is a tradition in the house of late Muhammed Tijani that after every working day, he goes back home with gifts of biscuits and sweets for his two children at the end of the day's work.
Hon. Abike Dabiri, Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora, has said that the Committee was working on citizens diplomacy by creating Diaspora desks in all Nigerian missons abroad.In a statement issued in Abuja by the Committee, Dabiri made the remark at a conference organised in London by the Nigeria Universities Commission (NUC).
GOVERNMENT will establish a Citizenship and Immigration Board to consider citizenship, residence and work permits.
A Vice Consular at the United States (US) Embassy in Ghana, Mr. Raymond Stephens has cautioned visa applicants who present false documents and tell lies to the embassy to desist from it or would never be issued with US visas throughout their lives.
The House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora Affairs is partnering with Nigeria in Diaspora Organisation, Europe (NIDOE) in a bid to accelerate the development of the nation.
ELECTRICIAN Mark Campbell says his assimilation into Australian life "felt like a hand in a glove".
The displaced People of Bakassi Peninsular, in Cross River State, Nigeria who were sent packing as a result of international politics about five months ago are yet to be accommodated contrary to the state government earlier promise of prompt accommodation.
THE office of the immigration department, which handles passports and foreign work permits is dilapidated.
Controversy emerged in the Criminal Court "A" yesterday December 15, 2008 over the granting of liberty to some 22 Liberians who were recently deported from the United States of America for allegedly committing criminal offences there.
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