Further research-Nigeria

Nigeria to Europe:

push factors:

-Nigeria is losing more than 1,350 square miles of land to desertification each year, a pace that may increase with climate change.

-70 percent of Nigeria’s population- reliant on agriculture for its livelihood, desertification represents a fundamental threat to rural life.

-The line at which rainfall maintains sufficient groundwater for farming has been shifting south in recent years, according to United Nations reports.

-Nigeria’s population is expected to double by 2040.

- Population growth increases the strain on already scarce natural resources like water, land and food and further contributes to migratory decisions

-source; http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2015/04/21/not-science-fiction-changing-climate-pushing-migrants-out-of-africa-and-into-tragedy/ 

-40,000 Nigerians crossed the Mediterranean on rickety boats last year, the third highest number from any nation.

-Europe may now be focused on migrants coming from Syria and Afghanistan…