Japa: Nigerians sleeping on streets of extremely cold Belgium, says Official

Director General, Office of Foreigners, Belgium, Mr. Freddy Roosemont, disclosed this at the weekend while speaking to journalists in Abuja.

He also said Nigeria has the highest number of prostitutes in that country.

Speaking on those desperate to travel abroad under what Nigerians call Japa, Roosemont pleaded with the media to help educate Nigerian youths not to be deceived by hungry traffickers who promise to offer them jobs in Europe. The official said: “Nigerian youths need to know that the dream to go to Europe especially Belgium is not realistic. It is a very dangerous journey.

“Their humanity will be taken away from them and they will end up in there and that’s why you have to inform your public, the people of Nigeria, the youth of Nigeria that things like that are still going on in Europe and in Belgium”.

He stressed that most dreams of a better life in Europe are just fake as it is not easy to survive there, insisting that the economic meltdown is a global phenomenon.

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According to him, the number of asylum seekers in Belgium has risen to 150.

Roosemont advised prospective irregular migrants to Europe to bury their dream as there is no more golden fleece in Europe, adding, “Those dreams are fake, they are not realistic at all.

“It’s not easy to survive in Europe without a decent job and without sort of being an employee or employed by a university. The dream is fake”.

The official warned that coming to Belgium to seek asylum would not also work as there is a low chance of obtaining a resident permit.