Migration and Its Inherent Role on Modern Slavery
Oyaba Asueni & Nein Godknows
Department of Social Studies,
Isaac Jasper Boro College of Education, Sagbama, Bayelsa State, Nigeria
Email: godknowsnein@gmail.com,
ABSTRACT
The paper is on migration and its inherent role on modern slavery. Migration in Nigeria and Africa have taken many forms including movement of, political refugees fleeing from conflict, moving out of
Africa into Europe due to environmental and climate reasons, which resulted in forced labour, forced marriages, child labour, bonded labour as new form of slavery. It is against this background that the
study examines migration and its implication. The method adopted in the study is based on secondary data were journal, Newspapers, magazines, reports and the internet. One main finding that Africa in enclave slavery such as forced labour, forced marriage, bonded labour and child labour
due to immigration. Therefore, governments in Africa must wake up to protect vulnerable people from migration and exploitation by providing safe homes in our countries.
Keywords: Migration, modern slavery, slavery.
