Assessment of the Causes and Consequences of International Migration in Nigeria

Abstract

Human migration is not a recent phenomenon. Since the beginningof recorded history, migration has been an element of the humanactivity. The phenomena of migration dates to the mercantile period,when, through merchant capitalism, people from Europe traveledto Africa between 1500 and 1800 to establish protectorates and liveon vast tracts of land for more than 300 years (Golden & Reinert,2006). Additionally, according to the National Geographic Society(2005), migration has occurred throughout the history of mankind,beginning with the earliest groups of people moving from East Africato their current location in the universe. Because of how widespreadmigration is, both industrialized and developing nations view it astheir top national security threat.