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parT c: analysis of the migration situation in
the country
The analysis of the migration situation in Nigeria presents the
circumstances before the current economic crisis. Determining the manner
in which the present economic crisis will affect immigration and emigration
in Nigeria is merely a hypothesis based on guesswork and calculation. It can,
however, be said that the impact will depend on the duration and severity of the
crisis, not only in Nigeria, but also in the destination and potential destination
countries of Nigerian emigrants and the source countries of immigrants who
enter the country.
c.1 immigrants
The main data sources for analysing the stocks and flows of immigrants in
Nigeria are both local and external. The former includes the National Population
Commission (NPC), the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and the National
Commission for Refugees (NCFR). The latter covers international agencies, such
as the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), the
United Nations Population Division (UNPD), the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Development Research Centre on
<strong>Migration</strong>, Globalisation and Poverty (DRC) of the University of Sussex.
In addition, two main surveys offer substantial data and information on
internal migration and some information pertaining to international migration.
These are the 1991 Post-census Enumeration Survey (PES) on internal migration
and the Nigeria <strong>Migration</strong> and Urbanisation Survey (carried out under the
Network of Surveys on <strong>Migration</strong> and Urbanization in West Africa – NESMUWA –
in 1993) (NISER, 1997). Figures 10, 11 and 12 (see annex) were derived from the
two surveys.
Figure 10 (based on the 1991 PES data) shows the net lifetime migration
patterns for internal migration, while Figure 11 (based on NESMUWA data)
depicts both internal net lifetime migration and immigration vectors. On
the other hand, Figure 12 (based on NESMUWA data) depicts the net period
migration for both internal and international migrations in 1988–1993.
The net migration rate is the difference in the volume of migration that
occurs when people move from a defined place at an initial time to another
defined location at a later time. For lifetime migration, the move is from the
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