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 The sustained migration of peoples, particularly the fundamental human capital from the African continent normally and Nigeria especially to other African countries, Europe, Asia and the Americas to find asylum for improved opportunities in latest times should be a true source of concern to any accountable governments, companies and the citizenry at large. Though, the International Organisation for Migration has split international migrants to two groups: individuals who migrate of the own free will, leaving study, work or to join their households, repression or natural catastrophe. 

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However, both classes have quickly become interdependent as a result of their fairly related motive of searching for better job opportunities abroad, while contributing a lot to the success of other markets outside theirs. Nevertheless, this objectionable trend always, becomes worrisome in relation with wide ranging ramifications of such massive movements overseas on the country's socio economical, political, educational, and human assets growth and advancement on the nation's financial destiny. Additionally, it has been observed as a result of the continuing, but undesirable evil of maladministration within the country, the overwhelming side effects of the evident lapse are real in ideology, intense brain drain syndrome, low capacity utilisation from the local industries, low productivity, meltdown of social value system, systemic mediocrity in domestic occasions, widespread youth unemployment, armed banditry, kidnapping, deepening grief among other debilitating vices. 

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Scores of Nigerians, young and old, are daily pushed to explore all manner of travel arrangements, legal and illegal, to leave the Nigerian coasts for other nations at all costs. Expressing his concern over the approach many Africans, Such as Nigerians, are migrating abroad from search of the proverbial Golden Fleece, Nigerian born, United States based Phillip Emeagwali, from his article titled: Africa: Out-of the Box Thinking from an In the Box World, years back, warns thus: If ideas are truly capital, then Africa ought to stem its brain drain and Encourage the African Renaissance, which will lead to the rebirth of the continent. 

In the end, a renaissance is a revival of ideas. And knowledge and ideas are the engines that drive financial growth. Following what many have described as the consequences of sheer frustration from the system, forcing many to migrate to foreign lands, these a desperate move to leave the nation by especially illegal immigrants by land or air, has no doubts led to horrendous experiences and consequences. For most of these relentless illegal migrants who've continuing to embark on an adventure to Eldorado at the potential risk of their lives in sometimes dehumanising conditions, while making frantic attempts at crossing over to foreign lands throughout the bottom of a ship's hold, aircraft's under carriage, or from the cold of refrigerated lorries. Sadly, many have perished on journeys between the African continent and Europe as capsized launchers and bodies of migrants are reportedly ripped in pieces by sharks.