A UK judge has found three Nigerian nationals guilty of attempting to exploit a Nigerian migrant. The victim was brought to the UK in the hope of harvesting one of his kidneys, found the judge.
In February 2022, Clinton Chalokwu was selected in Nigeria to play for the Ukrainian first division Vorskla Poltava football team. But the Russian invasion on February 24 crushed this young Nigerian’s dreams. Now in France, he is threatened with deportation.
The 28 unaccompanied minors on the Emergency-run Life Support ship that reached the port of Civitavecchia near Rome on February 19 included Keda, 16. He left Nigeria when he was 14 to help his poverty-stricken family.
A Nigerian woman has been arrested in the Puglia province of Foggia for allegedly forcing into prostitution young women and girls who had arrived in Italy from Nigeria using voodoo rituals as a threat, according to police.
It has been nearly a year since Nigerian student Collins Okoro's life was uprooted because of the war in Ukraine. Collins fled to Germany where he arrived with little money and just a few clothes. He had to navigate through all the bureaucratic snags, never knowing what would happen next. Where does he stand now?
A transgender activist from Cameroon has arrived in Belgium, where she was given asylum. Despite suffering violent attacks, she had to spend over a year in exile in Nigeria while her claim in Belgium was being processed.
When Nigerian student Collins Okoro arrived in Germany from Ukraine, he was faced with so many bureaucratic difficulties as well as finding a place to live. Here he recounts the highs and lows of his first few months:
One of the three Nigerian men who stowed away on an oil tanker’s rudder from Nigeria to the Canary Islands talks to the Spanish press about his journey and reasons for fleeing.
Spain’s Ministry of the Interior has agreed to re-examine the cases of all three Nigerian nationals who had arrived in the Canary Islands on top the rudder blade of a cargo ship last week. This allowed them to have the status of asylum seeker until a final decision is issued.
Migrants are using increasingly creative ways to journey to their destinations, often ignoring the risks involved. So-called clandestine journeys, which often involve stowing away in cars, lorries, boats, trains or planes are among the most dangerous ways people can travel.
The Republic of Cyprus is battling with a migrant influx which is overwhelming the small EU country's resources. Now, a dubious higher education scheme in the north of the island has been found to be among the factors responsible for the trend. Human traffickers meanwhile are lining their pockets with the money of desperate foreigners.
This week, a group of 51 refugees arrived in Rome. They were granted visas and scholarships through the 'UNICORE - University Corridors for Refugees project'. They will study at 33 Italian universities.