Nigeria to gain as G7 vows tougher action on smuggling networks

By Vera Anyagafu
Nigeria stands to gain stronger protection for its citizens and tighter control over irregular migration routes under a new G7 commitment to dismantle human smuggling networks, world leaders agreed at the 2026 G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Canada.
In a joint declaration, G7 leaders pledged concrete action to disrupt, dismantle and prosecute organised criminal groups that profit from smuggling migrants and trafficking in persons.
The commitment builds on earlier pledges made at the 2024 Apulia Summit and targets the transnational networks that have put thousands of Nigerians at risk on routes across the Sahara and the Mediterranean.
The leaders said migrant smuggling an...