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  2. African immigration to the United States - Wikipedia

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    In Nigeria, for example, remittances from Nigerians in the United States to Nigeria totaled to $6.1 billion in 2012, approximately 3% of Nigeria's GDP. [15] The important role of remittances in improving the lives of family members in the United States has led to both migration and migrants remaining in the United States.

  3. Human capital flight from Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    Nigeria is one of such countries which have lost more than $2bn since 2010 to training doctors who later migrate. Countries such as the UK the because 10% of doctors working in the UK come from African nations, saving the UK about $2.7bn by recruiting these doctors. [ 7 ]

  4. Nigerians in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    The end of apartheid in 1994 saw a large migration of Nigerians to South Africa, due to lax immigration laws as the country opened up after years of international sanctions. [4] The arrival of Nigerians to South Africa began to increase drastically in 2004 when monthly entries became 2,000 and then 4,000 in 2010.

  5. Emigration from Africa - Wikipedia

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    For Sub-Saharan Africa, the World Bank report estimated a stock of 21.8 million (2.5% of population) emigrants vs. 17.7 million (2.1% of total population) immigrants. 63.0% of migration was estimated as taking place intra-regionally, while 24.8% of migration was to high-income OECD countries. The top ten migration corridors were 1.

  6. Nigerian Americans - Wikipedia

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    These enslaved people were not called Nigerians but were known by their ethnic nations due to Nigeria not being a country until the early 1900s, after the slave trade was over. Calabar and Badagry ( Gberefu Island ), Nigeria, became major points of export of enslaved people from Africa to the Americas during the 17th and 18th centuries.

  7. Deportation of West African migrants from Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    As of 2019, the bag is still commonly referred to with this name in most parts of Nigeria, Ghana, and certain parts of West Africa. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] In 2020, New York-based Nigerian photographer Obinna Obioma used the bags to fashion clothing and other items in an exhibition on migration titled Anyi N'Aga ("We Are Going" in Igbo ).

  8. Nigerian refugees - Wikipedia

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    Refugees from Nigeria fleeing violence from Boko Haram are living with local populations in the Diffa Region, Niger. As of June 11, 2014, "The International Rescue Committee (IRC) estimates that as many as 1,000 refugees a week are crossing the border into Niger's Diffa region. Four out of five are women and girls.

  9. Human migration - Wikipedia

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    Human migration is the movement of people from one place to another, [1] with intentions of settling, permanently or temporarily, at a new location (geographic region). The movement often occurs over long distances and from one country to another (external migration), but internal migration (within a single country) is the dominant form of human migration globally.