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Patriotic Citizen Initiatives Trains Nigeria CSO,s On Legal Migration Pathway To EU Countries

Oct 11, 2024
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Updated: Oct 24, 2024



A PCI representative speaking with artisans, distributing educational materials and engaging in discussions about improving local businesses as part of an entrepreneurship initiative.

Civil Society Organizations, assert a novel strategy to combat irregular migration to the EU. Osita Osemene highlights the shift from raising awareness about perils to educating potential Nigerian emigrants about the seven EU directives governing legal migration. A workshop, initiated by EU countries, aims to train CSOs to disseminate the legal migration information in local communities.


The workshop emphasizes that 86 percent of potential Nigerian migrants are unaware of the EU migration options, Osita Osemene who is the Nigerian Technical Assitant to the FIIAPP project, stresses the importance of educating individuals on EU directives to discern fake opportunities. He calls for the establishment and localization of migration centers across Nigeria to implement this new strategy.


In an interactive session, CSO’s highlighted that Nigerians are not afforded the same privileges as individuals in other third-world countries concerning migration, work opportunities, and asylum. Bose Aggrey, the Executive Director of Web of Heart Foundation, shared a story about someone deported from the UK after 33 years. She also recalled a time 55,000 job openings for third-world countries coincided with the deportation of about 14,000 Nigerians from Germany.


Emmanual Sule, Executive Director of the Center for Development and Cultural Interchange, said that the recommendations formulated would foster safe and regular migration in Nigeria. Some of which include: creating a migrant information center, translating the seven legal directives into local languages, ensuring accessible regular migration pathways, and providing support for returnees. Sule believes the newfound awareness will deter perilous journeys and enhance legal migration education efforts.



The seminar, organized by the international and Ibero-American Foundation for Administration and Public Policies (FIIAPP) with the support of the European Union, involves discussions to address migration challenges in Nigeria and other countries where the program is implemented.


  • A representative from the Patriotic Citizens Initiative presenting an educational poster to a female participant in a classroom setting, part of an awareness campaign against human trafficking.
  • Two banners promoting the 'Start and Improve Your Business' program by the Patriotic Citizens Initiative, displaying contact details and an invitation to attend business improvement training sessions.
  • A Patriotic Citizens Initiative trainer delivering an educational session to a group of schoolchildren seated in a classroom, holding up a poster as part of the anti-trafficking campaign.
  • A PCI representative speaking with artisans, distributing educational materials and engaging in discussions about improving local businesses as part of an entrepreneurship initiative.
  • A trainer addressing a group of students in a classroom, encouraging interactive learning and raising awareness about business improvement and anti-trafficking measures.
  • A PCI staff member guiding a group of young women engaged in entrepreneurial activities such as sewing, part of the effort to support vocational training and anti-trafficking campaigns.
  • A group of schoolchildren listening attentively to a Patriotic Citizens Initiative speaker during an educational campaign on migration and human trafficking prevention.
  • A Patriotic Citizens Initiative trainer conducting an awareness session in a classroom, discussing migration risks and prevention strategies.
  • A PCI spokesperson leading a community meeting in a religious venue, discussing migration and anti-trafficking awareness with local residents.
  • A large group of participants from PCI and the local community, gathered together after a training session promoting business improvement and anti-trafficking awareness.
  • A line of five people, comprising of PCI team members addressing an audience which is out of frame of the image.

 
 
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