International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Archives

IOM: 50,000 migrants have died in search of ‘better life’ since 2014

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says at least 50,000 migrants died while journeying in search of a “better life” across the world since 2014. IOM confirmed the figure in

NEMA: 66 Europe-bound Nigerian migrants have returned voluntarily from Niger Republic

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says it has received 66 Nigerian migrants who “voluntarily returned” from Niger Republic. The citizens, who were said to have planned to migrate to

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IOM: Over 17,000 babies born in 18 Borno IDP camps since 2019

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says it recorded 17,053 births in 18 different internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in Borno state between 2019 to May 2021 Speaking with NAN,

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26 migrants who drowned at sea buried in Italy — but ‘no Nigerian official present’

Twenty-six Nigerian women who died while trying to cross the Mediterranean sea were buried on Friday in Italy. BBC had reported that majority of the victims were teenagers, with some

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