Implications of Human Migration in a Fast Globalizing World for the Developing Economy: The Nigerian Experience

Abstract

Man has always been in search for better and favorable conditions of existence and thus, has been on the move. People have moved and continue to do so in search of work or economic opportunities, to join family, or to study. Many have moved, in the course of human history, to escape conflict, persecution, terrorism, human rights violations and in response to the adverse effects of climate change, natural disasters, or other environmental factors (World Migration Report, 2023). According to the World Migration Report (2020) “…more people than ever, live in a country other than the one in which they were born.” The same source posits that as at June 2019, the number of international migrants was estimated to be almost 272 million globally, 51 million more than in 2010 and observes further that nearly two thirds were labor migrants.