Nigeria is Among the Top Five Migrants to the EU

Nigeria which lags behind behind Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and Eritrea, has been listed among the top five migrant countries to Europe.
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 reports PM News.
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.
Most of the migrants from these countries are fleeing the war in their countries but the story of Eritrea who accounts for five per cent of migrants and that of Nigeria which is three per cent can be put down to poverty, conflicts and abuses.
The EU economic commissioner Pierre Moscovici, who unveiled Commission’s autumn economic forecast expressed his opinion that the influx of migrants could boost gross domestic product by 0.2 to 0.3 percent. He said the “weak but positive” economic effect of the migrants could help offset growing hostility towards them.