Number of asylum seekers in Nigeria 2000-2020

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Doris Dokua Sasu,
Dec 12, 2022
The number of asylum seekers in Nigeria peaked in 2017 at 8.7 thousand. In 2020, about 2.8 thousand people sought asylum in the West African country. As of March 2021, Niger and Cameroon were the most frequent countries of origin for those seeking asylum in Nigeria. On the whole African continent, the country that hosted the largest number of asylum seekers was South Africa.

Number of asylum seekers in Nigeria from 2000 to 2020

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November 2021

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Nigeria

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2000 to 2020

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