NCFRMI warns Nigerians against irregular migration through Sahara

The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) has warned Nigerians against travelling done the Sahara Desert without due documentation, saying irregular migration exposes radical to superior dangers.

The commission’s Field Coordinator for Kano and Jigawa, Luba Liman, gave the informing on Thursday during the 2nd quarterly reappraisal gathering of the Technical Working Group of the Adolescent Health and Information Project (AHIP) ROOTS Programme successful Kano.

Liman said the committee was not against Nigerians travelling overseas but wanted them to usage harmless and ineligible migration channels.

“We are not discouraging them from migration. We are trying to curb irregular migration, whereby they question done the Sahara without documents,” she said.

She urged intending migrants to get the indispensable documents and question due accusation earlier embarking connected journeys to different countries.

According to her, galore Nigerians who effort to scope different countries done irregular routes look hardship and are yet forced to instrumentality home.

Liman disclosed that 5,780 returnees had arrived done Kano routes from January to day successful 2026, though not each of them were from Kano State.

She said the returnees arrived done some onshore and aerial routes, with...