International Migration and the Phenomenon of Insecurity in Nigeria

This study was to examines the problems of insecurity as a result of internal migration from bordering countries of Niger, Cameroun, Chad and Benin Republic as well as observing the duties of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS )on revealing that the above mentioned agency has not control the entrance of illegal migrants making the Nigerian state as a source and destination for migrants. The study revealed the consequences faced by the Nigerian state on International Migration as a one of the security threat affecting the country. The study also shows that the agency of Nigerian Immigration Services (NIS) has various challenges, which are the reasons for the level of under performance of the agency. The study tends to inform the Nigerian public on the gains and loss of international migration. This study adopts the ex-post facto research design taking the shape of a qualitative and quantitative research method as questionnaires were administered making use of the spearman’s rank correlation, results were also gotten through the chiquare calculations. Also in checking the validity of the collected data Crobach alpha statistics was adopted. The major findings of this study reveal that the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has some challenges and these challenges hinders the success of this agency in bringing socio-economic development into the Nigerian State . However, for Nigeria to benefit profitably from International Migration, the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has to be efficient in her duties and also needs the cooperation of the sister’s organization, as it relates to socio-economic development and security functions.

Keywords: Socio-Economic Development, Emigration, Immigration, International Migration, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS).