Nigeria
Key Statistics
Data are 2024 UN data and may differ from national statistics agencies.
1403000
Immigrant Population
0.6 %
Immigrant Share of Total Population
2094000
Emigrant Population
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Nigeria Aims to Capitalize on Regional Integration amid Evolving Emigration Patterns
Nigeria is simultaneously a major destination for West African migrants and a source of growing emigration due to domestic factors including insecurity and unemployment.
Is Climate-Vulnerable Africa Prepared for Increased Displacement?
As climate impacts intensify across the African continent, how well are its governments and regional institutions positioned to manage growing displacement?
Remittances by Another Measure: The Economic Value of Migrants’ Time Supporting Their Homelands
Diaspora professionals donate time worth billions of dollars to their homelands—a largely invisible contribution that current remittance frameworks fail to count.
To Leave or Stay? Examining the role of counseling and reintegration assistance in the return decision-making of migrants ordered to leave the Netherlands
More counselling and better reintegration support increase uptake of assisted return in the Netherlands, but neither factor alone determines the return decisions of migrants ordered to leave.
Government Efforts to Boost Diaspora Remittances Earn Mixed Results
Diaspora engagement policies can boost remittance flows, but enforcement, inflation, and political instability complicate results.
Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States
The sub-Saharan African immigrant population in the United States is among the fastest growing, and these immigrants tend to be very well educated.
Reframing Return and Reintegration: Origin-country priorities and strategies for cooperation
As origin-country reintegration frameworks evolve, governance gaps and misaligned donor support remain major obstacles to effective cooperation on migrant return.
On Shifting Sands in Africa’s Sahel Region: Tensions between Security and Free Movement
Security coups, EU border externalization, and ECOWAS fractures are reshaping Sahel migration governance, leaving millions displaced and northward routes more dangerous.
Adaptation Efforts May Reduce Harms amid Significant Climate-Linked Displacement in Sub-Saharan Africa
Climate change is driving displacement across sub-Saharan Africa, but targeted adaptation strategies and community-led approaches offer proven ways to reduce its scale and harm.
Competing for Talent: What Role Can Employment- and Skills-Based Mobility Projects Play?
Skills-based mobility projects face scale challenges. Better planning, private-sector buy-in, and longer timeframes are needed to match workers with jobs across borders.
