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Anti-immigration party produces Italy’s first Black senator

The Italian populist parties, Five Star Movement and the League, achieved an historic result in the March 4 parliamentary elections, causing worries in Europe. Both groups want to bring in measures that would further restrict immigration. And surprisingly the League (formerly known as Northern League) has now presented a Nigerian-born member of the party as Italy’s first Black senator. Toni …

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Anti-immigration populism on the rise in Italy after elections

The Italian populist parties, Five Star Movement and the Northern League, achieved an historic result in the March 4 parliamentary elections. While it is still unclear what sort of coalition government will be formed, both groups want to bring in measures that would further restrict migration. The one thing that was certain about the March 4 elections is that the …

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UN opens Migration Resource Centre in Benin-City, Nigeria

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), an agency of the UN, has opened a centre in Benin City to provide information on how to migrate legally and rehabilitate returnees from Libya or Europe. Speaking at the opening of the Migration Resource Centre (MRC) on Monday, Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, said Nigeria was finding it tough to …

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