WAR/CONFLICT

Hungary sentences refugees for breaching border fence
Patrick Strickland

During the first two weeks of March, at least 1,428 were arrested for breaching Hungary's border fence with Serbia. Szeged, Hungary - When Walid set out from the besieged Gaza Strip two months ago, he never envisioned his welcome in Europe would include a jail cell and handcuffs, a courtroom and a judge.

CRIME

Nigeria's ex-defence chief raided staff salary funds

Abuja (AFP) - Nigeria's former chief of defence staff bought property including a $5.5 million mansion with air force money, passing off his fraudulent withdrawals as staff salaries, a court heard Wednesday. Retired air chief marshal Alex Badeh is on trial at a federal high court in Abuja, accused of diverting 3.97 billion naira ($19.8 million, 18 million euros) for his own use.

IMMIGRATION/LAW/DEPORTATION

United Kingdom: Non-EU migrants earning less than £35,000 to be deported

From next month, non-EU migrants in the UK earning less than £35,000 will be deported. The new Home Office policy, which comes into force on April 6, applies to all overseas workers who have been in the UK for five years on a Tier 2 visa. If they can’t prove that they’re earning more than £35,000, they will be denied settlement and will face deportation. Teachers, IT professionals and journalists could all be badly affected. A petition launched at the beginning of the year called for the threshold to be reconsidered – it gathered more than 100,000 signatures and was debated in parliament last week. So what’s actually changing?

OPINION

Invasion of Ogoniland: Army's reason so ridiculous

Fegalo Nsuke

When a mighty army demonstrates its strengths against small, weak and innocent civilians killing pregnant women, children, men and women, it is the responsibility of society to rise against such degeneracy and demand justice for all.