Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM Visits Nigerians Living In Shelters In Canada, Warns Against Irregular Migration
Adedokun Waliyu 
The Chairman/ Chief Executive Officer of NiDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, gave the warning when she visited some Nigerians in one of the shelters in Brampton, Canada.
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has warned Nigerians against irregular migration to avoid unpleasant consequences.
The Chairman/ Chief Executive Officer of NiDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, gave the warning when she visited some Nigerians in one of the shelters in Brampton, Canada.
A statement on Thursday by NIDCOM’s Director, Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, said Dabiri-Erewa used the occasion to advise Nigerians travelling abroad to ensure they go legitimately with proper documentation.
The NIDCOM boss sympathised with their condition and urged others planning to travel without proper documentation, to arrive the country to seek asylum, to desist, as the situation was getting tougher in many countries, adding that “it is just not worth it, more often than not”.
Pastor Vivian Eruka, who runs the Bethel food bank and works with those in Shelters, informed that the Mayor of Brampton promised to make 800 more beds available and shelter.
Mr Wale Rabiu, owner of Matlock bakery donated hundreds loaves of Agege bread to the shelter inmates, while Mr Bayo Adedosu, a Nigerian living in Canada, and an immigration consultant also gave some words of counselling, adding that they should not talk ill about their home country, Nigeria, to avoid future repercussions.
Adedosu equally urged them to be patient and law abiding, saying migration is a human right issue but must be done legitimately and not irregularly.
