Former President of Sierra Leone, Dr Ernest Bai Koroma, is set to arrive in Nigeria on Thursday after being granted political asylum by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
In the statement, she urged those planning to leave Nigeria to seek asylum in Canada to desist, saying the situation is getting tougher in many countries. "It is just not worth it, more often than not," she added.
France says it plans to set up "hotspots" in Libya to process asylum seekers, in a bid to stem the flow of migrants to Europe. President Emmanuel Macron said the move would stop people not eligible for asylum from "taking crazy risks".
And in 2005, the Netherlands used it to detain asylum seekers in Rotterdam. In 2023, the UK government revealed its plans to use the barge as housing for asylum seekers.
The report , according to a chart on CNN on Friday, revealed that no fewer than 6 , 005 Nigerians applied for asylum in Canada last year , which was about four times the 1 , 495 Nigerians who sought asylum in the North American country in 2016
Cross, during an Instagram live session, said he was kidnapped alongside his mother and siblings and had to seek asylum in the United States to protect themselves.
Was it through asylum or through a citizen?" Adeola replied; "Asylum." Myriam said; "I would go to abroad. Play wife until I get what I want and get out after that."
A Ghanaian asylum seeker has confessed to killing his brother-in-law before migrating to Germany where he is accused of r*ping a woman at knife point in front of her boyfriend, Dailymail has reported.
Nigerian Disc Jockey, Obianuju Catherine Udeh better known as DJ Switch, has reportedly left Nigeria for Canada and has been given asylum in Canada as she testifies about the Lekki shooting.
More than half a million people have arrived by boat from North Africa since 2014, and almost 200,000 are being housed in state-funded centres while they put forward asylum requests.
The Ombudsman for Children in Iceland had made a statement to say that they are concerned about the welfare of children seeking in asylum in Iceland. -NAN