The Nigerian Senate disclosed yesterday through its foreign affairs committee, that not fewer than 3 million Nigerians are living in the UK illegally .
The chairman of the Committee Alhaja Monsurat Sunmonu disclosed this after meeting with the Nigerian immigration Service at the senate chamber of the National Assembly.
She disclosed that it is a false rumour that 29,000 Nigerian will be deported by the British Government.
She confirmed that the 48 Nigerians deported from Britain committed various crimes.and have serve Prison Term.
“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:
”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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