EU votes to allow deportation of migrants to “safe” third countries
Photo credit: Aljazeera The European Parliament has passed new legislation letting member states deport migrants to…

Rights Advocates criticised President Joe Biden of the United States for referring to an undocumented immigrant as an “illegal”.He was accused of echoing the dehumanising rhetoric of his predecessor, Donald Trump. Rights advocates and progressive lawmakers have long condemned the use of the term “illegal” to refer to human beings who do not have immigration…
When I was a kid, I can still remember situations when I refused to eat. It normally happened when I was annoyed. Whenever that happened, my mother wouldn’t utter a word. She would have her meal, and for what I then thought was an overkill, she would begin singing, Bamubamu la yoAwa o mo p’ebiNpo’mo…
Israel has not relented in its efforts to fire Palestinian civilians. Al Jazeera reports that its cameras captured some Israeli forces firing a crowd of Palestinians awaiting aid distribution at the Kuwait Roundabout in Gaza City. The attack is noted to be the second since yesterday. It is also reported that an Israeli air attack…
A federal judge on Thursday blocked a new Texas law that would give police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S., dealing a victory to the Biden administration with a broad rejection of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s immigration enforcement effort. U.S. District Judge David Ezra’s preliminary injunction pausing a law that…
The U.K.’s Upper House has passed five amendments on the Rwanda bill. If the amendments are ratified, it would make it harder for the lower house to declare Rwanda a “safe” country. It would therefore require the government to comply with domestic and in international laws. The amendments would also severely affect the main purpose…
A breathless, brutal display of attacking football saw us equal our record away win the Premier League for the second time in a matter of weeks. Following a 6-0 win at West Ham late last month, and a 5-0 hammering of Burnley in our last away league game, we were at it again at Bramall…
Di rising cost of living dey push Nigerians to di point wey be say dem no know wetin to do again. Wit inflation wey don almost hit di highest in thirty years for January, almost half of di population dey live inside poverty now. Di money wey dem dey earn dey below $1 a day….
When Donald Trump speaks at the southern border in Texas on Thursday, you can expect to hear him talk about “migrant crime,” a category he has coined and defined as a terrifying binge of criminal activity committed by undocumented immigrants spreading across the country. “You know, in New York, what’s happening with crime is it’s…
Photo credit: Aljazeera The European Parliament has passed new legislation letting member states deport migrants to designated “safe” countries outside the EU even if they are not from those nations. ALJazeera reports that European lawmakers approved the measure on Tuesday with a vote of 396-226 as cintre and far-right members backed it. Under the new rules, EU states will be…
Photo credit: TRT World Pro-Palestine protesters are set to take to the streets in Melbourne on Thursday as Israeli President Isaac Herzog concludes his four-day visit to Australia, following earlier demonstrations in Canberra and violent confrontations by police in Sydney. TRT World reports that the visit, extended by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese after the deadly December 14 shooting at a…
Photo credit: Border Report A man from the Dominican Republic and a man from the United States have been charged with conspiring to smuggle foreign nationals into the United States vis the Canada-US border. The US Department of Justice says in a press release that Francisco Antonio Luna Rosado and Jesus Hernandez Ortiz planned to…
I love the Yoruba because of their wisdom. There is actually nothing that their philosophy doesn’t cover. At least, within their world view! Concerned Ogun State indigenes have been flooding the social media with their shock over the disgrace that occurred yesterday. While sympathizing with them, I sincerely believe that we all are responsible for…
Photo credit: Catholic Diocese of Sokoto Maybe there was something I failed to read in Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah’s address at the funeral mass of 18-year old Micheal Nnadi who was killed by kidnappers. By the way, Michael was an orphan who was survived by a doting grandmother. He chose to be a Catholic reverend…