Nigerian and Swiss officials have worked together under various partnerships agreed upon by the two countries
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Nigeria has accepted an action plan proposed by Switzerland to prevent “irregular migration” and deal with other migration-related issues, the Swiss government announced on Thursday after talks between Swiss and Nigerian officials in Bern.
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Under the plan, hearings in the cases of Nigerian asylum seekers will become more frequent. There will be closer cooperation between the two countries in relation to sending failed asylum seekers home, and campaigns will be held to raise awareness of the risks of irregular migration.
The two sides also reviewed the progress made in various projects launched in the framework of their migration partnership.
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To help in the fight drug trafficking, 28 agents from Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have been cooperating with the Swiss Border Guard and several cantonal police forces. Six Nigerian agents have been trained in the detection of false documents, and a system to detect false ID documents is being installed in Lagos.
On an international level, the two countries are working together in multilateral bodies tackling issues of migration and internally displaced people.
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Under the accords, the two countries have agreed to accept back their nationals whose asylum application is turned down by Switzerland. But they also provide for broader partnership over immigration issues. In particular, the accords aim to encourage asylum seekers to return home voluntarily, according to a justice ministry statement on Wednesday. Switzerland already had…
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“It’s so great for kids here. In some Swiss primary school classrooms they have computers lined up for the children to use, while a Nigeria secondary school may have one computer for everyone if they are lucky,” said Michael*, a 40-year-old Nigerian who lives in Bern. “The two countries really are incomparable.” The father of…
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But refugee organisations, which are insisting on due legal process, point out the complexity of the problem and warn against shortened interviews. “They’re not coming here to seek asylum but to do illegal business,” Alard du Bois-Reymond, new director of the Federal Migration Office, told the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper, referring to applicants from Nigeria.…
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