Nigeria listed among top five migrant countries to EU

Stephanie, a migrant from Nigeria poses with her daughter Francesca Marina, dubbed “the princess of migrants”, after she was born during an Italian rescue operation off the coast of Sicily (AFP Photo/Giovanni Isolino)

Nigeria has been listed among the top five migrant countries to Europe. The most populous black nation in the world is only behind Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and Eritrea.
According to the European Commission, three million migrants who are fleeing war and poverty are expected to enter the EU by 2017, a development likely to have a marginal positive impact on the economy of the continent.
Syria accounts for 53 per cent of the migrants and is followed by Afghanistan with 18 per cent while Iraq who is placed third accounts for six per cent. (PM News)