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COVID-19: Nigeria To Withhold Passports Of Returnees

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The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has issued a REVISED QUARANTINE PROTOCOL for persons arriving Nigeria from Abroad (including returnees/stranded Nigerians). The revised protocol contained in a circular to all diplomatic, consular and international organisations accredited to Nigeria on the COVID-19 protocols to be observed by passengers arriving Nigeria includes depositing their passports with the Nigeria Immigration Service for two weeks, pending the verification of their COVID-19 status. According to the revised quarantine protocol which comes into immediate effect, the arrivals are expected to self-isolate for 14 days and…

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US Resumes Refugee Admissions After 5 Months Pause

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Refugee admissions to the US are starting up again after a five-month pause due to the coronavirus pandemic. The administration’s decision to halt refugee admissions in March came after the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations refugee agency announced a temporary suspension of resettlement travel. The State Department says refugee admissions will come with “significant COVID health measures in place.” Meanwhile, 52 large companies including Apple, Facebook and Microsoft have signed a court filing criticizing the Trump administration’s recent restrictions on visas that let immigrants temporarily work in…

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Donald Trump Signing An Executive Order To Temporarily Stop Immigration Into The United States, While He Pursues Investigations On The Origin Of COVID-19 Outbreak In China

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President Donald Trump of the United  States of America stated his interest to send a team to China to investigate the start of the coronavirus outbreak which had killed more that 40,000 Americans, despite the shut down with increasingly unpopular stay-at-home orders, but without any success. “We’re talking to China. We spoke to them a long time ago about going in. We want to go in; we want to see what’s going on,” President Trump told reporters at the daily briefing by the White House task force on the coronavirus…

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IMMIGRATION OFFICE CLOSED IN DUBLIN AMID COVID-19 PANDEMIC

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  The immigration office in Dublin is now closed amid the pandemic development. However, GNIB cards due for renewal will be so renewed automatically for 2 months. See information below as published on the INIS website: An Garda Síochána would like to advise the public that the Garda National Immigration Bureau Registration Office at Burgh Quay has closed.  The Immigration Service Delivery (ISD) website contains a notice setting out the measures for Immigration and International Protection permissions to reside in the State that are due to expire between 20/3/2020 and…

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