Thursday 12 August 2010

Europe’s war against African illegal immigrants

 By
Chapp-Jumbo
Assistant Comptroller of Immigration, 
Yelwa. Bauchi.

In the past few years, Europe has been battling to stem the flow of illegal African immigrants. About 500,000 illegal migrants enter the EU each year. Most cross land or sea borders illegally. This implies that the inflow is gargantuan. A greater part of this inflow are sub-Saharan African migrants whose sole aim is to improve their lives in Europe. Net immigration flows continue as long as there is a wide gap in income per head between the sending and the receiving countries.And because the receiving countries of Europe have a higher income per head, immigrants from sub-Saharan countries are irresistibly lured to Europe...read more