Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Senate to move against illegal migration

DISTURBED by the increasing rate at which Nigerians migrate illegally abroad, the Senate may summon the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ojo Maduekwe and the Comptroller General of Immigration, Joseph Ude, to brief it on measures to curb the practice.

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A motion to that effect, which has been published in the Senate Notice Paper, would be debated next week when the Upper House resumes sitting.

Sponsored by Senator Wilson Ake (Rivers) and 19 others, the motion canvassed urgent measures to be taken to address unemployment in the country to stop youths from embarking on illegal trips abroad.

The motion also asked the Federal Government to ensure the revival of ailing industries and assist the organised private sector to generate more jobs, noting that the illegal practice was prompted by "the search for the proverbial golden fleece without sufficient information of the immigration laws and the regimes applicable in the countries of their destinations."