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Network to save migrant lives in the Americas launched!

Network to save migrant lives in the Americas launched!

A new UN-supported network designed specifically to save migrant lives in the Americas – the network on Missing Migrants – has been launched. According to the International Office for Migration (IOM), the project is run by the agency’s Global Data Institute {GDI). The project is meant to save lives, improve data collection, and support families […]

Netanyahu, Biden confront each other!

Netanyahu, Biden confront each other!

Friendship had to take a back seat as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to United States President Joe Biden’s suggestion that Netanyahu should withdraw the plan to overhaul his country’s judiciary. New York Post reports that Mr Netanyahu responded that Israel is a sovereign country and it can take its own decisions. The Israeli […]

Afenifere suspends two officers!

Afenifere suspends two officers!

The pan-Yoruba group Afenifere has suspended two of its officers while maintaining that Labour Party candidate Peter Obi won the presidential election and not Bola Tinubu of the APC. Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress was declared the winner by the electoral body, INEC. Business Hallmark reports that Afenifere said based on its sources […]

IGBAYI LAARO! TOO EARLY!! – Adewale Sobowale

IGBAYI LAARO!  TOO EARLY!! – Adewale Sobowale

General Buhari, against what his media aides made the public believe, succeeded in addressing Nigerians today. Of course, his address was on the raging COVID 19. I think the kulikuli man should resign for not only misinforming the Nigerian people but also for proving to know Oso’s mother much more than the child. It’s on […]

Roxham road blocked!

Roxham road blocked!

The famous Roxham road through which most irregular migrants go to Canada from New York has been finally blocked. Meanwhile, activists have said the decision to close it was rushed. They say it will further endanger the lives of asylum seekers. Global News reports that the change came into effect on Saturday. It was one […]

Asylum seekers: Quebec premier makes pitch to other provinces for closure of Roxham Road

Asylum seekers: Quebec premier makes pitch to other provinces for closure of Roxham Road

Quebec Premier François Legault is trying to increase pressure on the federal government to deal with influx of migrants entering Canada an unofficial crossing at Roxham Road. The premier wrote an opinion piece in a national newspaper calling on PM Justin Trudeau to improve the situation and close the access route. Global’s Gloria Henriquez reports. […]

Trudeau says Safe 3rd Country Agreement needs renegotiation amid Roxham Road illegal crossings

Trudeau says Safe 3rd Country Agreement needs renegotiation amid Roxham Road illegal crossings

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday that the Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement would need to be renegotiated to avoid irregular crossings at Quebec’s Roxham Road and not just have the crossing shut down because “border crossings will open up elsewhere along the 6,000 km or so border we have with the United States.” Source: […]

Poilievre’s call to close Roxham Road in 30 days ‘reckless’ amid influx of asylum seekers: minister

Poilievre’s call to close Roxham Road in 30 days ‘reckless’ amid influx of asylum seekers: minister

Immigration Minister Sean Fraser criticized Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s call to close the Roxham Road illegal border crossing within 30 days as “reckless,” saying it was “not a thoughtful approach.” He said such an approach would displace the problem to other parts of the border, a similar stance to the one Prime Minister Justin Trudeau […]

Canada-US border rule change deterring irregular crossings takes effect

Canada-US border rule change deterring irregular crossings takes effect

A major Canada-U.S. border rule change came into effect at midnight on Saturday. Canada and the United States have agreed to implement the Safe Third Country Agreement across the entire shared land border, to deter irregular border crossings at unofficial entries like Roxham Road. As Mike Drolet reports, experts are concerned crossings will still happen […]

Closing of Roxham Road border crossing ‘rushed’ and ‘dangerous’: officials

Closing of Roxham Road border crossing ‘rushed’ and ‘dangerous’: officials

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