On Monday, a new batch of Nigerian migrants will be deported from Germany to Nigeria.
The
migrants are expected to leave Frankfurt Airport at 8 am and land in
Nigeria’s Murtala Mohammed International Airport around 2 pm and 3 pm.
Although
the number of migrants has not been ascertained, it was, however,
reported that migrants will be picked randomly from different
accommodation centres.
Last month two batches of Nigerians were sent back home from the European country.
“The
flight will be from Frankfurt on Monday. For those who have been given
the information, the plane will take off by 8 am and arrive in Nigeria
between 2 pm and 3 pm.
“Those who will be deported will be picked
randomly from their different accommodation centres from 3 am till 5 am
in different regions and conveyed to a central place and finally to
Frankfurt Airport,” the Co-ordination Activist for Network Refugees
4Refugees, a political platform for refugees/migrant self-organization
based in
Stuttgart, Germany, Rex Osa, told The Nation.
Osa added, “When their asylum application is already expired, they are obligated to leave the country.
“For
those who don’t leave voluntarily, they will be given a what is I can
translate in English to mean toleration status. This status is not a
resident title; it is to show that the person is still there because the
deportation is hindered because of one reason or the other.
“These people are picked up early in the morning without expecting the police.
“Some
would be picked up from work also. When the police arrive in their
rooms, they would be allowed to pack things not more than say 64 kilos.
The police will be standing to make sure the person does not
escape.”
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