Factors Influencing Migration and the Poverty Profile of Migrants in Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria

Amao, J. O.; Awoyemi, Taiwo Timothy; Ogunleye, K. Y.

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“…Migration for Nigerians is often a way to escape poverty, unemployment, insecurity, low wages, and poor education standards, among other challenges persisting in the country (Amao, Awoyemi and Ogunleye 2009;Olubiyi and Olarinde 2015). In contrast to dynamics during the Soviet era, when Nigerians came to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) to study, since the Soviet dissolution, Russia has become a place where Africans come for economic or family reasons (Oni 2020).…”

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IMR Country Report – Nigerian Migration to Russia: Accommodation and Discrimination in a Post-Soviet Society

Oni

2022

International Migration Review

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This IMR Country Report examines Nigerian migration to Russia, exploring the changes in this migration stream from a flow driven by educational motivations during the Soviet era to one shaped by economic and family-reunion reasons after the Soviet Union’s dissolution. In doing so, it offers insights into the social realities of Nigerian migrants living in Russia. The research discussed here included interviews with 25 Nigerian migrants living in Moscow and focused on their challenges and strategies in obtaining housing. As it shows, apartment owners in Moscow exhibited ethnic and racial biases against Nigerian migrants, who also faced rental contract constraints, due to incomplete migratory documentation. This IMR Country Report highlights a contradiction between Russian government policies and apartment owners’ preferences and willingness to accommodate and apply for registration on behalf of Nigerian migrants. It adds to understandings of the conditions faced by sub-Sahara African migrants regarding access to housing in an understudied destination and to barriers to social integration that sub-Saharan African migrants encounter in Russia.

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IMR Country Report – Nigerian Migration to Russia: Accommodation and Discrimination in a Post-Soviet Society

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2022

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Factors Influencing Migration and the Poverty Profile of Migrants in Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria

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IMR Country Report – Nigerian Migration to Russia: Accommodation and Discrimination in a Post-Soviet Society

IMR Country Report – Nigerian Migration to Russia: Accommodation and Discrimination in a Post-Soviet Society

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