Africa: 'Africa Needs Coherent Policies to Deal With Migrant Crisis'

2 October 2015

With over 500 000 refugees having entered Europe so far this year, the Nigerian High Commissioner to Namibia, Sidi Abdullahi Ladan, says Africa itself must work out coherent policies and sustainable programmes that will address migration issues on the continent.

Ladan stressed that the migrant crisis that has reached an explosive scale in Europe and the apparent inability of the European Commission to cope with the crisis, had exposed the vulnerability of countries to the escalating global refugee situation. Ladan, who was speaking in Windhoek during the 55th Nigerian independence anniversary yesterday, says African leaders should rid the continent of crises such as violence and preventable wars, by providing fair opportunities to all, and create jobs especially for the youth.

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