Drawing from this contextual backing, Diaspora Africa & IOM Nigeria will host a webinar on International Migrants Day, calling on all relevant stakeholders to explore the possibilities and implications attached to remittances and civic engagement.

In an interview with Diaspora Africa, Paola Pace, the acting Chief of Mission of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Nigeria explains that, “It is very difficult to have a realistic overview of this (migration) burden. However, we can refer to worldwide figures that say that 1 in 3 of all women have suffered SGBV in their lifetime.”

Disturbing reports reveal instances where Ukrainian police and security personnel barred Nigerians from boarding buses and trains headed for the Ukraine-Poland border.