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Chicago approves $1.32 bn for migrants!
Chicago has committed a whopping sum of $1.32 billion to migrant aid. Courthouse News Service reports that the money is split between an additional $70 million to feed and house new migrants and $1.25 billion to create more affordable housing and economic opportunities across the city over the next five years. The $1.25 billion represents…
Plans to bring home Filipinos killed in UAE floods underway!
Authorities in the Philippines are working towards bringing the corpses of three nationals of the country killed after the flooding in the United Arab Emirates. Rappler reports that the Migrant Workers Office in Dubai and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration met with the three Filipino Workers’ next of kin and explained the procedures. The DMW, OWWA…
Sahel becomes drug trafficking corridor!
A United Nations report has said the West African Sahel is fast becoming infamous for drug trafficking. According to the report, the conflict-ridden region is becoming an influential route for drug trafficking. In 2022, 1,444kg of cocaine were seized in Mali, Chad, Burkina Faso and Niger while an average of 13kg was seized between 2013 and…
Darien Gap may be blocked!
Jose Ratul Mulino, the presidential frontrunner in Panama has vowed to block the Darien Gap. The Darien Gap is a swampy jungle on Panama’s border with Columbia and it has become an ordeal for many US-bound migrants. However, some experts are criticizing the idea as unworkable and potentially dangerous. The Darien Gap is run by…
EFCC say Bello na wanted person!
A Nigerian proverb tok say Bello plenty for Ilorin. Dat one mean say if person dey look for pesin wey dem dey call Bello for de town, e go look taya. Na so e come be for de governor wey dey Kogi state of Nigeria before, Yahaya Bello, who EFCC don declare say den dey…
Spain urges Europe to recognise Palestine!
Pedro Sanchez, the Prime Minister of Spain and a long time supporter of Palestinian rights believes the recognition of Palestine as a state is a way of reaching a two-state solution. He also sees it as an end to the seemingly unending conflicts between the two states. However, he risks the Israeli state’s wrath. Israel’s war…
Volunteers rebury refugees!
Nearly ten years after some asylum seekers were buried on a field in Kato Tritos, Greece, a group of volunteers turned the abandoned and overgrown field into a burial ground that was inaugurated on Wednesday. MEMO reports that the volunteers spent months clearing the plot, uncovering and counting graves that had disappeared beneath tall grass…