The Nigerian Immigration Services, NIS, has warned Nigerians not to travel to Germany and other foreign countries illegally, stressing that 90 per cent of illegal immigrants seeking asylum status were regularly rejected by European countries.
Sadat Hassan, deputy comptroller of the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, gave the warning recently in Lagos at a seminar organised by the Migration Enlightenment Project Nigeria, MEPN.
She urged Nigerians to secure the required legal paperwork before attempting to migrate to Germany and other European countries, as it was not worth risking one’s life on a dangerous journey only to be deported. The chairperson, House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora Affairs, Rita Orji, also pointed out that Europe and Asia have recently experienced an increase in illegal immigrants from Nigeria.
Many migrants from Nigeria, she said, were women who were sexually abused by their sponsors and were compelled to engage in prostitution. The lawmaker therefore urged Nigerians emigrating from the country to have proper knowledge about their mission abroad in order to avoid being taken advantage of by their sponsors.
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