Seven hundred and thirty-two Nigerians are in various Chinese prisons for various offences, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Amb. Joe Keshi has said.
Keshi, who led the Nigerian delegation to the China-Nigeria Strategic Dialogue, said 322 out of the number are in detention and another 304 are awaiting deportation, while the remaining 106 are in prison for overstaying, trafficking, robbery and fraud.
A statement signed by the Foreign Ministry Assistant Director of Press Tony Onyekwere said China and Nigeria are into strategic Dialogue in Beijing aimed at upgrading, improving and consolidating relations between the two countries.
The Chinese Delegation is led by the Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Mr. Wang Zhuanyu. He said, to address the issues comprehensively, both countries will consider two agreements proposed by Nigeria, namely, Agreement on Immigration Matters and Prisoner Transfer.
The statement said the Permanent Secretary observed that over the years, increasing number of Nigerians arrived in China mostly as traders, and later find it difficult to leave the country.
He noted that by Chinese penal code, foreigners who overstay their visas' period, face severe penalties including arrest, detention and payment of fines before they could leave the country.
Ambassador Keshi said the Strategic Dialogue was establish in 2008 and provides both countries the opportunity to assess and review the state of relationships between the two countries as well as to reach agreements or harmonize their positions on a number of global issues, in particular on some of the issues before the current United Nations General Assembly and the forthcoming Conference on Climate Change" it stated.
TEECO, THANKS A LOT FOR RAISING THIS TOPIC, HALF OF NIGERIANS HERE IN CHINA WANTS TO COME BACK HOME BUT THERE IS NO MEANS FOR THEM BCOS OF PERNALTY FEES THEY HAV TO PAY B4 THEY LEAV. GOOD TOPIC FROM U TEECO. I DEY FEEL U DIE.
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TEECO, THANKS A LOT FOR RAISING THIS TOPIC, HALF OF NIGERIANS HERE IN CHINA WANTS TO COME BACK HOME BUT THERE IS NO MEANS FOR THEM BCOS OF PERNALTY FEES THEY HAV TO PAY B4 THEY LEAV. GOOD TOPIC FROM U TEECO. I DEY FEEL U DIE.
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