South Africa deports 100 Nigerians
100 Nigerians were on Tuesday sent back to the country from South Africa.
The deportees, who
arrived the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos at
about 5.15pm comprises of 99 males and a single female.
“They were all deported as a result of immigration related offences,” said a senior immigration officer who prefers anonymity.
According to the
source, the Nigerians got into the country through a chartered aircraft
with registration number civ007 from Johannesburg, South Africa.
It could be
recalled that 58 Nigerians consisting of eight males, 41 females and
nine minors were deported from Sudan last month over immigration
related offences through a chartered Libyan aircraft with flight name –
AIRLIBYA, and registration number TLR 129.
On March 12 this
year, 85 Nigerians were deported from the United Kingdom, while 28
citizens were deported from Trinidad and Tobago on March 19. The
Nigerian Immigration Service office at the international airport also
disclosed that 58 Nigerians were deported from Dublin, Republic of
Ireland on February 15.
Last year, over
1000 deportees arrived the country from Libya over immigration related
offences as announced by the Nigerian Immigration Service.
Spain also deported 53 Nigerians over immigrations related offences through an air Europa chartered aircraft last year.
Commenting on the
frequent deportation of Nigerians by other nations, the source at the
airport disclosed travellers should avoid the embarrassment by ensuring
that they have complete immigration documents before leaving the
country.
“If anyone wants to travel, let him try and get his complete papers
so as to avoid the shame and humiliation of being deported after
spending much time, energy and money,” he said. “I hope people learn
from all this repeated deportation exercise.”
Most annoying thing about this is that most of these countries cannot be compared with Nigeria in terms of economy and job opportunities. Anytime anyone want to travel, ensure that all the papers are properly processed and gotten through normal channel. Life is one thing that should not be toy or joke with. We all have only but one life to live – why wasnting much time in running around, dodging from one country to another. The best country to live in and be free is your country. You're a second citizen in another country.
Be satisfied with where God has placed you, you can't know better than HIM.