Abubakar Malami, minister of
justice, has asked those desperate to travel out of the country in order to
brighten their chances of survival to think twice.
Speaking when he received the
Coalition of Integrity Political Parties at his office in Abuja, Malami
described the habit of going abroad through the Mediterranean and deserts as
unfortunate.
The minister said the situation
in South Africa bordered on foreign policies and immigration issues in the
African continent, since other nationals, aside Nigerians, were also affected.
He said the Nigerian Immigration
Service ought to be overhauled to profile people travelling out of the country
and checkmate illegal immigration.
He said strengthening the
immigration services would help to account for Nigerians in foreign countries,
including South Africa.
“This is very important because
by now, we should have been able to know who and who are in South Africa to
defend the helpless and hapless Nigerians,” he said.
“There is no greener pasture
anywhere than in our country. With farmlands everywhere, we must work harder
rather than look for cheap means to migrate from the country when nobody is
chasing us.
“This is one of the problems I
see when our people travel abroad illegally, which is now posing a challenge;
if they were to be here, we would have been able to account for their
whereabouts.
“It is sad to know that some of
them ran out illegally through the Mediterranean Sea to Libya and other
countries, which is posing big problems.”
Malami said an overhaul of the
nation’s immigration services would help to promote documentation of travellers
through the country’s airports and land borders.
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