ABSTRACT

Abstract

Global migration of people, goods and other natural forces has become a recurrent and popular decimal in the contemporary international system. This made the world a global village that brings everybody in the world together under one opportunity and one peril. The implication of this is that whatever affects one part of the world positively or negatively naturally affects other areas of the world. This made an investigation into the dynamics of international migration and the disaster of internationalisation, particularly as it affects Nigeria in the global age noteworthy. Nigeria has been a victim of several international disasters among which is the 2012 flood disaster that emanated from the Republic of Cameroon. Nigeria’s subscription to certain international treaties and obligations has also engendered several disasters among which is the continual erosion of State sovereignty, the Nigerian civil war and the recent upsurge of secessionist struggles, the latest of whose is the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the South–East and South–South parts of the country, Boko Haram insurgency and herders/farmers crises in the northern part of the country. The study adopted the qualitative method of research. The data of the study was collected from secondary sources such as published materials, internet documents and other unpublished sources. The study adopted the theory of linkage politics to explain the linkage between domestic realities and international issues. The study revealed that there are possibilities of mutual coexistence between Nigeria and her neighbours, but efforts must be intensified to ensure that the border and territorial integrity of the country is preserved.