Research Archives - Centre for Migration Studies

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The 1st Professor Akachi Ezeigbo International Conference On Gender

The 1st Prof Akachi Ezeigbo International Conference on Gender 2024

African Migration Study Series- Vol II Call for contributions.

Abstracts and Presentation Schedule for Centre for Migration Studies International Conference 2024

CMS NAU 1st International Conference, 2024 – “NIGERIA AND MIGRATION TODAY: THE DIVERSE STRATEGIES OF STATE AND NON-STATE ACTORS”

CMS in Partnership With The ILO Carries Out Series of Workshops, Activities And Programmes

Quarterly Meeting of the Technical Working Group (TWG) on Migration and Development in Nigeria

CMS-NAU Celebrates 2022 International Migrants Day in grand-style

Migration Enablement Procedures

Nnamdi Azikiwe University was effectively represented by the Director, CMS- NAU. Prof. Tracie Utoh-Ezeajugh in an event.

Jul 21

Development of Comprehensive Information Campaign Protocol for Migration Sensitization: A Step Towards Promoting Safe Migration Practice In Nigeria

The effects of different modes of sensitization programmes on the attitudes and inclination of the public towards the migration related dynamics (regular and irregular) has been hotly debated within the academic circle (Alpes & Sorenson, 2015; Browne, 2015). However, Browne Read more

May 10

Awareness and Perception of Anambra State Residents on Regular and Irregular Migration Dynamics

Local and international sensitization programmes have influenced the understanding of migration dynamics (regular and irregular) in recent years (IOM, 2018). The phenomenon of migration from one country to another is part of human practice as old as recorded human history. Read more

Mar 12

National Coordinating Committee on Review of the Migration Profile of Nigeria

The Centre is collaborating with the National Population Commission and the IOM as member of the National Coordinating Committee on Review of the Migration Profile of Nigeria. 2019. The document will be available for download soon.

Mar 12

Boosting African Immigrant Families’ Resilience

The Centre is collaborating with the Pan African Collaboration for Excellence (PACE), University of Alberta (UoA) on the Research Project on “Boosting African Immigrant Families’ Resilience” being sponsored by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. 2018. The document will Read more

Mar 12

Perception of Intending and Returned Migrants from Delta, Edo, Imo and Lagos States.

The Centre is collaborating with the IOM and the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in the Research Project on the “Perception of Intending and Returned Migrants from Delta, Edo, Imo and Lagos States.” 2018 The document will be available for download soon.

The Centre for Migration Studies, Nnamdi Azikiwe University (CMS-NAU) is the first of its kind in Nigeria established within a University with a comprehensive focus on the study and research of the gamut of migration issues; internal displacement or forced migration, local and international migration, refugees and asylum seekers, regular and irregular migration, brain drain, brain gain, brain circulation, remittances, return and reintegration, migration and development, etc.

Created by the Senate of Nnamdi Azikiwe University and commissioned on 28 th August, 2018 by the Honourable Federal Commissioner for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), the Centre assumes a leading role in articulating and projecting the contribution of Nigerian academics and researchers to the national migration discourse. The Centre perceives clearly that it will grow by developing and maintaining robust collaboration with kindred Centres in ...Read More

Our vision is to grow into a Centre of Excellence in Migration Studies by collaborative research and networking with the community of researchers, scholars, institutions, agencies and organizations involved in migration studies, management and governance across the world.
CMS-NAU envisions a nation, a continent and a world of informed peoples and perspectives on migration resulting in a paradigm shift from the migration-as-problem perception to migration-as-prospect orientation: migration as a natural current that creates opportunities for individuals, nations and peoples.

Our mission is to serve as a leading international Centre for the study of local and international migration dynamics with primary focus on Nigeria and Africa through a strategic, collaborative and integrated approach.