Photo credit: Thisdaylive Tomorrow, Nigerians will observe the nation’s 61st-year dependence. In actual fact, I don’t think there has ever been a year when the chips have been so much against the country. Instability has plagued the nation to a standstill. I hear in some areas, people dare not travel outside a 25km radius for…
Photo credit: the New York Times Like many other European Union member states, Italy desperately needs migrant labour and immigration. However, the government has admitted that the pathways for legal entry are rife with abuse. The New York Times reports that it has taken the death of a migrant labourer to expose the country’s conflicted…
Photo credit: Cyprus Mail At least nine migrants died, and forty-eight were reported after their boat capsized on Saturday near the Spanish island of El Hierro while they were attempting to cross to the Canary Islands. NTD reports that the emergency services were able to rescue twenty-seven of the eighty-four migrants who were trying to…
Photo credit: the Portugal News According to the Minister of the Presidency, citizens from outside the Schengen area who wish to enter Portugal must undergo a biometric and personal data check, which is “a fundamental element” for monitoring. The Portugal News reports that the minister, Antonio Leitao, revealed after a council of ministers meeting that…
Photo credit: The Express Tribune Authorities in Greece began investigating the death of a migrant in police custody on Friday. Keerfa, an anti-fascist group which distributed the images, said 37-year-old delivery rider Mohamed Kamran Asik had been “tortured to death” inside an Athens police station after several days in detention. Neos Kosmos reports that the…
