Modeling Internal Migration in Africa: The Question of Data Generation &amp; Internal Migration and Housing Market in Nigeria

Oyeniyi, Bukola Adeyemi

doi:10.1002/j.2573-508x.2018.tb000073.x

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“…He argues that migrant populations did not only enhance livelihoods, but contributed to the growth and expansion of non-farming activities in rural areas across the region. Oyeniyi (2013) concurs that some of the created opportunities for non-farming activities had taken many rural dwellers to urban areas. This is underlined by Bosiakoh’s (2019) study which explored how Nigerian immigrant entrepreneurs/traders have contributed to Ghana’s significantly growing economy.…”

Section: Migrant Populations and The Petty Trade Sector In Nigeriamentioning

confidence: 89%

“…They view migrant populations with considerable suspicion, disdain and dislike; some would even resort to violent attacks against migrants. Hence, migrant populations are linked to disruptions in the social cohesion of rural and urban areas, human trafficking, prostitution and forced child labour, and are regarded as causes of urban unemployment and pollution (Oyeniyi, 2013).…”

Section: Theoretical Context Of Migrant Traders: Host Residents’ Compmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…(Barbier et al, 2009; Boyle et al, 2014; Poot et al, 2016). Oyeniyi (2013) reflects on the complex trajectories of internal migration, which involves rural-rural, rural-urban, urban-rural and urban-urban dynamics. Meagher (2003) depicts transborder migration as movement of people across state boundaries, especially in search of greener pastures; while intraregional migration involves more expansive mobility of persons within a given sub-region.…”

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“…Migration studies interpret the proliferation of petty traders in urban areas as an unhealthy symptom of economic underdevelopment, unemployment/low income, and an increase in migrant and refugee populations (Abdulahi and Afolayan, 2013; Bosiakoh, 2019; Ndawana, 2018; Nwajiuba, 2005; Oyeniyi, 2013; Williams and Baláž, 2002). However, these studies are yet to fully demonstrate why most migrants’ petty/street trade remains stagnant and lacks sustainable growth potential.…”

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Street-hawking in a Foreign Land: Social Dynamics of Migrant Petty Traders’ Livelihoods in Nigeria

Iwuoha

2020

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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This article investigates how migrant petty trading populations confront social systems/perceptions of their host localities and the effects on the sustainability of their trading activities. I examine clusters of long-term migrant petty traders (LTMs) and very recent migrant petty traders (VRMs) (i.e. from Lake Chad region: Chad, Cameroon and Niger) found in Nigerian peri-urban areas. Adopting Kaufman’s symbolic-analytic model, I argue that a mix of socio-economic factors – peri-urban residents’ negative perception of migrant petty traders, divergence in symbolic attachments, and a low patronage system – affect the growth of the migrant petty trade sector in specific localities.

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Section: Migrant Populations and The Petty Trade Sector In Nigeriamentioning

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Section: Theoretical Context Of Migrant Traders: Host Residents’ Compmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Street-hawking in a Foreign Land: Social Dynamics of Migrant Petty Traders’ Livelihoods in Nigeria

Iwuoha

2020

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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“…The third and final quarter of the twentieth century or the post-independence era witnessed increased labour migration from many parts of Nigeria to places that were considered more economically viable (Oyeniyi, 2013). Many migrated from rural to urban areas such as Lagos and Port Harcourt in search of opportunities, especially in the industrial sector.…”

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Aged Return Migrants and the Challenges of Reintegration in Rural Nigeria: Implications for Social Work Practice

Odii

Atama

Agbawodikeizu

et al. 2022

The International Journal of Community and Social Development

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This study examined the reintegration challenges encountered by aged migrants who returned from urban to rural areas in Enugu, Southeastern Nigeria. Qualitative research method and the phenomenological approach was used. In-depth interviews (IDIs) were conducted with 20 aged returnees, and the data was analysed thematically. Findings revealed that the participants returned from six major cities in Nigeria and had spent an average of 25 years in their host communities before the decision to return. They returned because they could no longer cope with the city life. Health challenges, low economic base and poor infrastructure in rural areas made adjusting to life difficult and was compounded by high expectations and poor treatment from community members. However, aged returnees who coped better with these challenges were those who had access to informal care and financial support. While informal care is acknowledged as an important coping mechanism, social workers could provide enduring support to help aged returnees cope better. The study recommends that social workers create robust community-based supports such as localised skill acquisition, education, counselling, connections with institutions and community resources, and advocacy to help aged returnees adjust to rural life. Programmes that bridge the gap between the youth and the returnees may be instituted to improving cross-generation learning and understanding. These findings may be useful to other countries in similar contexts.

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Judicial Production of Racial Injustice in Taiwo v Olaigbe: Decolonising the Incomplete Story on Race and Contracting

Zokaityte,

Mbioh

2023

Social & Legal Studies

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In Taiwo, one of the most recent landmark cases on racial justice, the Supreme Court rejected race discrimination claims of two domestic migrant workers, ruling that discrimination on the basis of ‘immigration status’ should not be equated to discrimination on the basis of ‘race’. This article presents an argument for decolonising judicial decision-making, using Taiwo as an example to reimagine a much more favourable outcome for victims of racial injustice. This argument is explored through three propositions for decolonial judgment: (a) challenging racial bias in judicial reasoning and legal doctrine; (b) challenging legal frameworks as sites of racial oppression and inequality; and (c) accounting for contextual diversity of experiences of racialisation, avoiding essentialist arguments and categories of racial discrimination. Drawing on these, the article retells the stories in Taiwo to challenge the dominant, traditional race equality paradigm and expose the varied and multi-layered ways in which people are racialised differently across historical and socio-cultural contexts and communities. It also opens the potential for an epistemic shift away from the liberal paradigm of ‘freedom of contract’ and towards the analysis of racial contracting that is co-constituted by multi-layered and context-situated structures of oppression and domination.

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Modeling Internal Migration in Africa: The Question of Data Generation & Internal Migration and Housing Market in Nigeria

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Street-hawking in a Foreign Land: Social Dynamics of Migrant Petty Traders’ Livelihoods in Nigeria

Street-hawking in a Foreign Land: Social Dynamics of Migrant Petty Traders’ Livelihoods in Nigeria

Aged Return Migrants and the Challenges of Reintegration in Rural Nigeria: Implications for Social Work Practice

Judicial Production of Racial Injustice in Taiwo v Olaigbe: Decolonising the Incomplete Story on Race and Contracting

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