Italy offers 2,500 job visa quota to Nigerians
Xinhua News Agency
LAGOS, Jan1, 2007 (Xinhua via COMTEX) --
Nigeria-Italy
The Italian government offered 2,500 employment visa allocation quota to Nigerians, the Nigerian Ministry of Labor and Productivity has said.
"The quota will be allocated to Nigerian migrants working illegally in that country," Minister of Labor and Productivity Hassan Lawal said at the weekend in Nigerian capital Abuja.
In order to fully utilize the visa allocation, a labor migration desk had been created in the ministry to facilitate applicants from Nigeria who intended to travel and work legitimately abroad, the minister added.
The Nigerian government would enter into bilateral agreements with other governments to create opportunities for overseas Nigerians to reduce the case of "blind" migration, he said, addingthat a regulatory approach that guaranteed humane, safe and orderly flow of migrant workers was needed.
Statistics released by the Nigerian government showed that thousands of Nigerians immigrated illegally to European countries to seek better lives there.
Copyright 2007 XINHUA NEWS AGENCY.
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