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Irish and Spanish leaders to discuss Palestine plan
The new Irish taoiseach and the Spanish PM will discuss their joint plan to recognise Palestine as a state. The Guardian reports that they will also discuss their attempts to force the EU to assess Israel’s human rights obligations as a condition of their trade deal with the bloc.a To this effect, Pedro Sanchez of…
UK hikes family visa salary threshold!
Authorities in the United Kingdom have increased the minimum income required for the sponsor of relatives there on a family visa by 55%. British citizens and residents will need a minimum annual salary of 29,000 pounds to sponsor their family for a family visa. According to the British government, it would be the first time…
Business woman sentenced to death in Vietnam!
A businesswoman has been sentenced to death in Vietnam. The AP reports that the woman, who is a real estate tycoon, was sentenced to death in the country’s highest-ever fraud case. The lady, Truong My Lan, aged 67, was arrested in 2022 and formally charged with fraud amounting to $12.5 billion, nearly 3% of the…
EU sanctions overhaul of migrant rules!
The EU has approved a historic overhaul tightening EU’s migration and asylum rules. Work on the Asylum and Migration pact has been ongoing since 2015. It will be effective in two years’ time. Designed to make the asylum process and boost the return of irregular migrants to their home countries, it will also require EU…
3 die, 16 rescued as migrant boat sinks!
Three girls died and 16 people were rescued when a migrant boat sank off Greece!
Nigerian govt. seeks solution to PP debt!
Nigeria’s Federal Government and its Immigration Service are finding ways of offsetting over 10 billion naira owed to service providers/vendors for printing passport booklets. The Nation reports that there are shortages of the Nigerian passport due to financial constraints and bureaucratic challenges. Only 105,000 e-passports have been printed in the past one year. Minister of…
Braverman tok say people wan solution!
De person wey be Home Secretary for UK before, wey don come remain for im post as Member of Parliament, Suella Braverman don talk say people wan get answer for immigration and border mata, Im tok say kontiri wey dey obodo wan answer plus action!