A Reappraisal of the Expulsion of Illegal Immigrants from Nigeria in 1983

A Reappraisal of the Expulsion of Illegal Immigrants from Nigeria in 1983

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In recent years, Nigeria has been quietly expelling more and more immigrants from Niger, Mali, Chad and Cameroon. These foreigners – migrant workers or small traders – face the reinforcement of migration control and the blind fight of the government against Boko Haram. Despite its political instabi...

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Main Author: Daouda Gary-Tounkara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bielefeld 2016-04-01
Series:International Journal of Conflict and Violence
Online Access:https://www.ijcv.org/index.php/ijcv/article/view/3066
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spelling doaj-f73d547532e54fe0b18b4b491ca4d7432020-11-25T01:27:49ZengUniversity of BielefeldInternational Journal of Conflict and Violence1864-13852016-04-019110.4119/ijcv-3066A Reappraisal of the Expulsion of Illegal Immigrants from Nigeria in 1983Daouda Gary-Tounkara0CNRS / LAM In recent years, Nigeria has been quietly expelling more and more immigrants from Niger, Mali, Chad and Cameroon. These foreigners – migrant workers or small traders – face the reinforcement of migration control and the blind fight of the government against Boko Haram. Despite its political instability, Nigeria remains a major immigration destination in West Africa. In this article, I analyze the “undocumented” expulsion of aliens in 1983, officially three million people. I argue that the expulsion was due to the economic crisis but also to a nationalist revenge against Ghana and a political calculation of President Shagari. This implies the exclusion of foreigners from the national labour market and the weakening of the supposed electoral base of his opponents. https://www.ijcv.org/index.php/ijcv/article/view/3066
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title_short A Reappraisal of the Expulsion of Illegal Immigrants from Nigeria in 1983
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description In recent years, Nigeria has been quietly expelling more and more immigrants from Niger, Mali, Chad and Cameroon. These foreigners – migrant workers or small traders – face the reinforcement of migration control and the blind fight of the government against Boko Haram. Despite its political instability, Nigeria remains a major immigration destination in West Africa. In this article, I analyze the “undocumented” expulsion of aliens in 1983, officially three million people. I argue that the expulsion was due to the economic crisis but also to a nationalist revenge against Ghana and a political calculation of President Shagari. This implies the exclusion of foreigners from the national labour market and the weakening of the supposed electoral base of his opponents.
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