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In August 2020, the UN agency that helps refugees (UNHCR) estimated that there were 2.7 million internally displaced people in Nigeria.

It is difficult to determine immigration rates, because Nigeria's land borders are known to be largely porous. However, immigration authorities issued 56,531 resident permits and alien cards to foreigners who migrated to Nigeria in 2017. It also issued 15,712 work permits in the same year.

It is extremely difficult to determine human trafficking figures in Nigeria. However, in 2017, authorities intercepted 110 recorded victims of human trafficking, child labour, and smuggling of migrants.