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i) 10,674 Nigerians were studying in the U.S. during the 2015/16 academic year

ii) We have over 37,000 Nigerians in Germany and more than 12,000 of them are asylum seekers – Germany’s Global Head of programme

iii) Five million Nigerians living abroad send money back to relatives – Western Union

iv) 143, 430 non immigrant visas to the USA were granted in Nigeria in 2015 – U.S Homeland Affairs

vi) 36,000 Nigerians (21 per cent of the total 171,299 immigrants) braved the Mediterranean sea to arrive in Italy in 2016 – Italian Interior Ministry

vii) 20 Nigerians were killed in South Africa in 2016 without justification –

 

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