Topical Focus: Migration


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Top Headlines
- Africa: Some Swiss Parcels With Migrants in Them (IPS)
- Africa: 'Africans Going Dutch' (RNW Africa)
- Namibia: Immigration Threat Against Three-Year-Old (Namibian)
- Zimbabwe: Migration Hurts Bulawayo Recovery (Financial Gazette)
- Angola: Eight Illegal Foreigners Repatriated in Kuando Kubango (ANGOP)
- South Sudan: MPs, Deputy Nationality Director, Madi Chiefs Meet in Nimule (Citizen)
- Tanzania: Boundary Beacons Missing At Kenya Border (Daily News)
- Africa: Counting the Costs of Brain Drain (AfricaFocus)
- Somalia: Somalis Perish in New Boat Disaster in Gulf of Aden (UNHCR)
- South Africa: Asylum-Seekers Resort to Border Jumping (IRIN)
- Nigeria: Boko Haram - Hard Blow for Neighbouring Cameroon (RNW Africa)
- Angola: Govt, Zambia Sign Cross-Border Zone Memorandum (ANGOP)
- Rwanda: All Africans Need to Own Their Processes (New Times)
- Tanzania: Rukwa Immigration Nab Illegal Immigrants (Daily News)
- Nigeria: Visa Racketeers Siphon N3.6 Billion From the Country (Vanguard)
- Kenya: Immigration Barred From Deporting Indian (Nairobi Star)
- Kenya: Lorry Driver Ferrying Illegal Immigrants Fined Sh100,000 (Nairobi Star)
- Kenya: Only Deport Expats for Genuine Reasons (Nairobi Star)
- Nigeria: Immigration Repatriates 19 Foreigners From Adamawa (Daily Trust)
- Namibia: No Need for Holiday Visas to Canada (Namibian)
- Nigeria: 213 Apprehended Migrants in Immigration Custody (Leadership)
- Uganda: Tanzania 'Illegally' Charges Entrepreneurs (Independent)
- Zimbabwe: MDC-99's Muzungu Convicted of Contravening Immigration Laws (The Herald)
- Kenya: UK to Kick Out Poor Immigrants (Nation)
- Tunisia: Tunisian-Libyan Border Cross Closed to Enhance Security (Tunisia Live)
- Nigeria: Bound Indian Hemp Intercepted At Benin Border (Daily Trust)
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