No fewer than three million Nigerians are living illegally in the United Kingdom (UK), the Senate said yesterday through its Committee on Foreign Affairs. Committee Chairman Alhaja Monsurat Sunmonu made the statement after a meeting with officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service at the upper chamber of the National Assembly. She said an Assistant Deputy Comptroller–General, Investigations, Intelligence and Enforcement of the NIS, Mr. T. A Hundeyin, also confirmed that the 48 Nigerians recently deported from the UK committed various types of crimes and had served prison terms.
Her words:
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“The deputy comptroller just confirmed to us that it is not true that 29, 000 Nigerians are being deported from the United Kingdom or that the UK government intends to deport 29, 000 Nigerians. “He (however) said that only 48 Nigerians were deported and he had shown us their names and records that actually confirmed that they had all served their prison sentences so that is why they are being deported.”
She said further:
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”About three million Nigerians are illegally living in the United Kingdom and that if three million Nigerians are living there illegally and they are only removing just 48 people confirmed to have committed crime and jailed, then the situation is not too bad.”
“We will not relent in our efforts on checking and doing our oversight functions. If it requires for us to go there and visit them, and to ask questions, we won’t mind to go there and to give Nigerians and to give them the history and the records of what we find out.”
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Posted: at 18-12-2015 04:13 PM (9 years ago) | Hero
beautysharp at 18-12-2015 05:08 PM (9 years ago) (f)
Over 3million Nigerians living ILLEGALLY in UK. Then how many are legally staying there? 10million I guess pls stop painting Nigeria black. If u want to travel to UK and don't have d cash look for another alternative because with this ur propaganda even an unborn child can testify that u are lying
Posted: at 18-12-2015 05:08 PM (9 years ago) | Upcoming
If they are serious, they should think about the growth of poverty and ignorance in the streets or they could sit together and start planning for our future, they should talk less, and do more.
Posted: at 18-12-2015 05:44 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
But is that strange? What does the average Nigerian gets in his country? So you should expect that. In the 70's how many Nigerians were eager to go out of the country compared to now. The senators should have a rethink of the present situation and do something or else that number will quadruple in the next couple of months
Posted: at 18-12-2015 07:03 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
ladyjayrita at 18-12-2015 10:28 PM (9 years ago) (f)
Lie lie see ur head,in ur country how my Nigerias have what they want? U don't know but yet u try to be telling us that is only 48 that has been deported and over three millions are illegally, says who!!!
Posted: at 18-12-2015 10:28 PM (9 years ago) | Upcoming
See is not all about the government saying that the people living in UK are kini kor kini kor, they should start doing something with our economy so that people who think that the country is not helping them can find their way back home.
Posted: at 19-12-2015 01:28 AM (9 years ago) | Hero
Over 3 Million Nigerians Living Illegally in UK, that a lie!!! senate where una get your fact and findings from?
If 3 million are living illegal then 2 million with documents that's mean 5million living uk then why should Nigeria exist. dessolve Nigerian now and save African continent .
Posted: at 19-12-2015 07:18 AM (9 years ago) | Upcoming
zezprincess at 19-12-2015 10:59 AM (9 years ago) (f)
Abeg senate make una try to dey get una facts well,not to sit at national assembly talking rubbish,at the end of the day,una go collect una salaries,How many nigerians are dead since buhari regime??? I dey wait for you senate make una tell me the numbers.
Posted: at 19-12-2015 10:59 AM (9 years ago) | Hero
stephen77 at 19-12-2015 12:03 PM (9 years ago) (m)
This shows the level of intelligence of our Law makers and the Immigration. It is rather sad. There are 201,000+ legal Nigerians in Uk by 2011 census and there are about 2,000,000 blacks (3%) of the 64 million population. I think there will be between 30,000- 40,000 Nigerian maximum living without papers.The UK immigration says that they have 29,000 that have been refused papers and should be deported.
government officials should always give us facts.
Posted: at 19-12-2015 12:03 PM (9 years ago) | Newbie
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