title: International labour migration in Nigeria 1976-1986: employment, nationality and ethnicity.
abstract: International migration trends associated with the oil boom and bust that occurred in Nigeria between 1976 and 1986 are analyzed.  "Large numbers came from Ghana..., [and] Niger, Chad and Togo, whose countries were suffering from a mixture of drought, political instability and stagnant economies.  The resultant labour market became segmented according to job skills, nationality and ethnicity...."  The decline in the oil industry led to the expulsion of some two million aliens between 1983 and 1986, causing considerable friction between Nigeria and its neighbors.  The author concludes that "the rise and fall of migrant labour in Nigeria and the political situation within the country were embedded in the changing regional political economy of West Africa and its linkages to the larger world capitalist economy." (SUMMARY IN GER)
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Swindell
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D000354:Africa, Western; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004190:Disasters; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004777:Environment; D009549:Nigeria; D011056:Political Systems; D011057:Politics; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011640:Public Policy; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014881:Water Supply
keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Capitalism; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Drought; Economic Conditions--changes; Economic Factors; English Speaking Africa; Environment; International Migration; Labor Migration; Macroeconomic Factors; Migration; Migration Policy; Natural Resources; Nigeria; Policy; Political Factors; Political Systems; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Policy; Social Policy; Socioeconomic Factors; Water Supply; Western Africa