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According to the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), in mid-2020, Nigeria hosted 1.3 million migrants (including refugees) representing just 0.6% of the country’s population – far below both the overall global average and the average for West Africa, and the lowest proportion of any Economic C...

It is difficult to say how many women and girls are trafficked from, into, and within Nigeria, as there isn’t reliable data. However, Nigeria is routinely listed as one of the countries with large numbers of trafficking victims overseas, particularly in Europe, with victims identified in more than...

According to the IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), conflict and violence led to 169,000 new displacements in 2020 and a total of 2,191,193 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) were living in displacement as of August 2021. ...