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| Rhine Falls in Switzerland |
Andre Kunzi, an official of the
Switzerland Federal Office for Migration revealed this while on a courtesy call
on the Chairperson of the House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora, Mrs.
Abike Dabiri-Erewa.
According to the Swiss Ambassador to
Nigeria, Hans-Rudolf Hodel, the
programme was introduced for Nigerian immigrants in Switzerland whose papers
had expired and risked of deportation.
Mr Hodel further explained that each
of those affected was given between one and six thousand Swiss Francs to begin
a small business when they returned to Nigeria. In addition the returnees participated in skills acquition
programmes before their return.
The programme had been in place
since 2005.
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