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AN IMMIGRANT CRUSHED.

Written by U.S Immigration News Friday, 04 March 2011 01:11

A West African immigrant was crushed to death in the Bronx in a freak accident while loading a vehicle into a container truck, the NYPD said. The life of Abdul Barry, 49, came to a gruesome end as he moved the Toyota pickup-bound for resale in Africa-into a container hooked up to a truck cab, witnesses said.

Barry was standing inside the container when chains that suspended the truck above him snapped and sent the vehicle crashing down on him. He was a former cab driver in Africa, immigrated from West Guinea in 2005, leaving behind his wife and a daughter who is now...

NEW YORK STATE GETS SEVEN MILLION IN ILLEGAL-ALIEN DEAL.

Written by U.S Immigration News Tuesday, 01 February 2011 02:00

New York law-enforcement agencies have begun collecting their one-third portion of a near

$21 million settlement from a national pallet-recycling company that employed 6,000 illegal

aliens in 26 states.

The investigation, which began upstate, was based on a truck driver’s tip and led to the April 2006

raids at more than 40 IFCO system plants. At least 1,100 people were arrested on immigration

charges. The company settled this federal case in 2008.

THE RIOTS IN TUNISIA: YOUTH REVOLUTION.

Riots have chased out this African nation’s president, leaving the region...

POLAND SWEARS IN A NIGERIAN AS THE FIRST BLACK MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT.

Last Updated on Thursday, 06 January 2011 21:14 Written by U.S Immigration News Thursday, 06 January 2011 02:38

POLAND SWEARS IN A NIGERIAN AS THE FIRST BLACK MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT.

John Abraham Godson, now a Polish citizen born and raised in Nigeria, has been sworn in as the first black member of Poland’s parliament. Mr Godson had served as a councilor in the city of Lodz before taking up a parliamentary seat. His entry into parliament has created a media stir in the mainly white country.

He came to Poland in the 1990s, opening an English-language school and working as a pastor in a Protestant church. He has since married a Polish woman and the couple have four children.

It is still quite rare to see black people even in polish capital of Warsaw, Poland’s most cosmopolitan city. Racism is still a problem in Poland, where it is not uncommon for...

NIGERIANS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WRITE JONATHAN, JEGA ON 2011 ELECTIONS.

Written by U.S Immigration News Friday, 10 December 2010 00:48

Nigerians resident in the United Kingdom have written to President Goodluck Jonathan and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega, on their perceived fears over the 2011 elections.

In an open letter signed by Prince Omotunde Adenikinju, they accused a few unnamed political actors of dissipating energy on mundane issues instead of addressing national issues. Acting under the aegis of Wazobia Democratic Concern (WDC), the compatriots noted that while Nigerians were groaning under poor infrastructure and lack of empowerment, some influential politicians were promoting divisive tendencies in their quest to acquire power at all cost.

Describing the trend as ominous as the country prepares for the elections, they warned that...

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