Czech Republic to pay Nigerian migrants 40,000 CZK to leave and never return

The Czech Republic has promised to pay immigrants from Nigeria and five other countries to leave the country and never return.

According to Remix, a newspaper based in Czech Republic, the gesture is being run by the country’s interior ministry under a programme tagged ‘Returns’.

The report said the country has promised to pay Nigerian immigrants and their counterparts from Afghanistan, Iraq, Mongolia, Russia and Vietnam if they voluntarily decide to leave.

“Each individual could get funds ranging between 40,000 and 100,000 CZK. First funded returns should be processed in the third quarter of 2019,” the report read.

“The program focuses particularly on migrants Anyone who voluntarily leaves the country and promises not to return not only to the Czech Republic but to the EU, will be eligible for the money.”