immigration

11 Nigerian Stowaways Rescued On Liberian Waters

October 8, 2022 5:56 am

Reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York has it that men Nigerian Immigration Service at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport has taken hold of about 11 Nigerians returned by the Liberian Immigration Service (LIS).

The 11 young men were rescued by the LIS on September 11 on that country’s high sea after stowing away on a sea vessel from the Apapa Port in Lagos four days earlier

The LIS said 14 men comprising 13 Nigerians and a Cameroonian initially stowed away but two Nigerians lost their lives after the crew of the ship tortured them when they …

Human Trafficking: Immigration ‘Arrest 7 Girls’

January 27, 2020 3:57 am

The Operatives of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Command in Lagos, have apprehended seven girls allegedly being trafficked.

The Service Public Relations Officer, Mr Sunday James made the disclosure in a statement to NAN on Sunday.

James said the girls were on their way to Cairo, Dubai and Oman on Emirates and Egypt airlines.

According to him, three of the girls were on Emirates airline to Dubai, while four were aboard Egypt airline to Cairo and Oman.

He commended the NIS Comptroller in charge of the Airport command, Mr Usman Abdullahi and his officers for doing

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Immigration Speaks On Visa On Arrival Policy, Amnesty

December 21, 2019 2:12 pm

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Saturday gave an update on the visa on arrival policy.

Comptroller General, Muhammad Babandede, spoke on Saturday at the Immigration Training School, Kano State.

The CGI said the policy was an opportunity for Africans that were coming for legitimate businesses to thrive in countries other than their own.

He added that it was a means of integration and cementing African brotherhood and breaking the barriers of free movement among Africans.

Babandede assured Nigerians that the policy would be handled professionally through best global practices without compromising national security.

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6 Indian Students Jailed In U.S. Over Immigration Fraud

November 11, 2019 1:10 pm

A U.S. court has sentenced six of the eight Indians arrested in the Farmington University immigration fraud case, as per U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) regulations.

The Indian students were arrested on charges of running a “Pay to Stay” visa racket wherein they were assisted hundreds of immigrants in illegally prolonging their stays in the US.

Six were arrested in Detroit, one in Florida and one in Virginia on orders of the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division.

All eight defendants, from the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in India, pleaded guilty, Khaalid …

Nigerian Man Died Of Immigration Hunger Strike – Japan

October 1, 2019 11:52 am

Japanese immigration authorities said Tuesday a Nigerian man who died in detention in June starved to death while on hunger strike, in the first officially acknowledged case of its kind.

“An autopsy has found the man died of starvation,” an official at the Immigration Services Agency told AFP.

The man in his forties, whose name has been withheld, died on June 24 after falling unconscious at Omura Immigration Center and being taken to a hospital in southern Japan.

He had been on a hunger strike for at least three weeks to protest being detained by immigration authorities for over three …

US states in lawsuit against Trump’s new immigration policy

August 17, 2019 7:52 am

Five attorneys general of U.S. states and cities have filed a lawsuit against a new immigration policy by President Donald Trump administration to deny possible permanent residency to immigrants who receive some federal benefits.California is leading the coalition, and its Attorney General (AG) Xavier Becerra was joined by his counterparts from the states of Maine, Oregon and Pennsylvania, as well as the District of Columbia, to challenge Trump’s policy to restrict immigrants’ access to legal status if they use food or medical benefits offered by the federal government.

The new policy, also known as the “Department of Homeland Security

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White House to unveil new Trump's immigration plan

White House to unveil Trump’s new immigration plan

May 16, 2019 9:45 am

The White House is preparing to release a broad outline of proposed immigration reforms aimed at unifying congressional Republicans on the issue, following months of discussions between senior adviser Jared Kushner and dozens of conservative groups, senior administration officials tell CNN.

But the proposal is short of concrete details and omits discussion of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that Democrats have repeatedly said they want resolved.

President Donald Trump is slated to unveil the plan Thursday, the administration officials said. The White House is selling the plan as addressing border security and moving toward a merit-based immigration

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Trump extends Liberians’ immigration protections in US

March 28, 2019 9:42 pm

Trump last year ordered an end to Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) status for Liberians, which was first granted to them during the presidency of his fellow Republican George W. Bush and enabled the immigrants to work and protected them from deportation. Advocates estimate that roughly 4,000 Liberians in the United States are protected by DED.

Trump had declared a one-year “wind-down” period, which set the final expiration date of the status as March 31. But on Thursday, Trump said he had changed his mind, winning unusual praise from some immigration advocates who have fought his policies in courts during the …