newdeal:

I look forward to the day that home governments, especially in African countries will begin to take the welfare of their people very seriously.

Re: Life As An Illegal Immigrant Abroad
« #34 on: Today at 05:01:25 PM »
Quote from: newdeal on Today at 04:44:01 PM
I look forward to the day that home governments, especially in African countries will begin to take the welfare of their people very seriously.

Thank you. God bless you.

Even the so-called illegals live much better than the 'free' people at home. Why would anyone choose to sleep on a hard concrete foreign floor if he/she knows he can get at least a mat to sleep on at home?

The annoying thing is that Nigeria is not even a poor country (cannot be compared to soweto, uganda and other places) but 98% of its citizens live way below the poverty level.

People suffering in the midst of plenty while the few connected to the corridors of power enjoy and oppress the masses. People have multiple degrees and still cannot get decent jobs while govt officials' kids drive around in choice cars carrying thousands of $ (not even naira!).

Of course there will be stealing and kidnapping.
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I agree with you bro. I am not agianst anyone travelling abroad from one thing or the other but if you must go there, you should have a reason to go. They are lots of peaple who sell off thier hard earned properties in nigeria to go abroad and suffer.

~Bluetooth:

No where like home!

[/quote Re: Life As An Illegal Immigrant Abroad
« #42 on: Today at 06:19:13 PM »
This post is about ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS so if you are "legal and doing well" like someone said, this topic is not for you. Please create yours and give it whatever title you desire.

@Poster. . .it is a most difficult thing for an illegal immigrant to survive running from the law over here. Unlike Nigeria where anything goes, that is not the case here. If you are illegal, forget about landing a "good" job because the system knows everyone who is legal and your status automatically disqualifies you. But I find it difficult to completely blame the aspiring illegal immigrant. . .as he is only trying to make his life better.

Believe it or not, this problem is created by the so called GOVERNMENT of Nigeria that is totally inept and providing no semblance of true governance. If Nigeria was only 40% of what it is out here (and improving genuinely), very few Nigerians would be interested in living outside the country. In fact, people over here will seek to go back home but since this is far from reality, everyone would rather live Nigeria.

The exception are the thieves in government in Nigeria and curiously, the poster claims to "be in government house". . .so he/she may be part of the problem. There is no one who will leave Nigeria of today as an average Joe with just a regular job and a normal life, visit over here and stay for like a month and would be inclined to go back. Nigerians in Nigeria (indeed Africans) are really suffering, some know it, some deny it, but how many people who have lived in Nigeria all their life can say they have seen anything work very efficiently?? (Electricity, good roads, affordable and good health care like Yara fool spends money buying in Germany, peace, social security, decently paid jobs, good water not from boreholes, protection of your rights, etc).
I agree with u bro. Our Government has made things bad for us to the extent that 80% of us nigerians think anywhere or any other country  is better than Nigeria itself. Its just to Bad.
This is not good for our Imge at all

luizworld:

@ PHUCK NL  Please imagine this scenario, A person is doing well in Nigeria, he has a good business in nigeria and good qualifications also. he decides to relocate abroad only to find out that things are even worst down there.
I the processs  of hustling to survive he does menial Jobs.
Isn,t he better of in Nigeria where he pays no TAX and Utility bills etc

eldee:

Home is where your heart is . . . erm, my heart is not in Nigeria.

luizworld:

@ PHUCK NL Please imagine this scenario, A person is doing well in Nigeria, he has a good business in nigeria and good qualifications also. he decides to relocate abroad only to find out that things are even worst down there.
I the processs of hustling to survive he does menial Jobs.
Isn,t he better of in Nigeria where he pays no TAX and Utility bills etc

RichyBlacK:

This is undoubtedly the most naive phrase on this thread!

This is the result of allowing the ugly Nigerian mindset sink in deep into one's psyche.

@Poster, you're only posting this because you are in a better position. Just thank God that you're comfortable. If I was the owner of Nairaland, I would take your post down. Your post and pictures smack of arrogance and disrespect for the feelings of others No wonder, people are migrating to other forums on the web. Nairaland is gradually becoming a place where people come and assuage their egos instead of finding solutions to the problems besieging Nigeria and Africa in General. However, Its a free world.

Mind you, I'm comfortable where I am. Peaceout.

phuck_NL:

I don't support illegal immigration but i'd like someone to tell me what is wrong with washing plates and washing toilets abroad? Don't nigerians wash plates and toilets in NIGERIA?

Vacora:

*Yawn*
Another one of those threads/topic. Is there no end to this? And what are the moderators doing exactly?

Nonsense!

I encourage anybody who wants to leave Nigeria to leave. With the most useless government in the world holding Nigeria hostage and their cronies wallowing in opulence from pilfering the treasury, those not connected to the network of thieves in Nigeria hardly have a chance of making it.

Leaving aside the self-selectivity factor of immigrants for a moment, the proportion of success stories among Nigerians living in the Diaspora is far more than the proportion of success stories among Nigerians living in Nigeria. Even the few success stories in Nigeria are riddled with kleptomanic politicians looting the treasury with impunity, debt-dependent crooks posing as business men taking $billions they know not when or how to pay, and extortionists/fraudsters in the deeply corrupt civil service frustrating every means of improving the social infrastructure of the nation.

Unfortunately, the few who are making it legitimately in Nigeria have allowed their success to blind them of the fact that Nigeria is structured to churn out more failures than successes in an ugly zero-sum game of survival.

Outstrip:

Africa gets on my nerves sometimes. When I see these young people who have so much to offer being reduced to almost non human because there seems to be no hope. Many of these people come overseas and make it. You see them 3 years from now and you will not believe their story. It's almost like other people appreciate Africans more. If not for the wonderful people we are but at least they can depend on the fact that they can make money from Africans because most are hardworking people who will do anything to succeed legally. What do people in power in African countries do? They sit up there and scratch their balls while pictures like this surface all over the web so that people can see how pathetic and disgraceful most African countries are

tosh_acer:

From the way the diasporic people play down on their country and speak ill about her while they praise where they abode, why wont cases like this continue to happen? Until the diasporic people shut there mouth and speak the truth that life is not easy as well over there, then young people will strive to make it where ever they find themselves.

morpheus24:

What the hell is a Diasporic people

Are you in insane!!!!