Nine suspected smugglers were remanded in custody after a boat accident in which about one hundred migrants died in the Mediterranean Sea.
Meanwhile, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is backing a move that will have the government deport unsuccessful asylum applicants to their nations of origin.
Out of the 64,000 disappeared persons across Africa, Nigeria recorded 25,000 missing persons, including over 14,000 children.
An Italy-bound boat sank off the Tunisian coast on Thursday.
This part concludes Amarachukwu Nwanguma’s treacherous journey through the African slavery, sexual exploitation underworld.
Nigerians unable to obtain a visa to the West are condemned to journey through Africa’s vast desert — where forced labour and sexual exploitation are rampant.
381 migrants died, and 597 went missing on the Central Mediterranean route in 2020.
“While in prison, I regretted embarking on the journey because I suffered all through,” he added.
