From a Facebook post:


NIGERIAN MIGRANTS IN EUROPE

Europeans are getting concerned and some even angry at the increasing numbers of migrants coming to their countries. Although not all migrants are from Africa, I want Africans to remain in Africa as they are needed to help fix our Continent, so I am concerned only with African migrants, and particularly with Nigerian migrants.

If Nigeria had been a beautiful, functioning country, would we not complain if the rest of the world rushed in to enjoy the things we worked to have and maintain? Would we not be anxious about being overwhelmed by foreigners with a different culture, especially if our taxes had to pay to have them live among us?

It is therefore to be expected that Europeans may not be as keen to see us as we are keen to be seen with them. Europe is their ancestral home, and just like you decide who enters your home, they too should not be criticised if they want to decide who enters their countries.

There are different types of Nigerians who want to be in, or are already in Europe. I think it is helpful to classify them into three groups, because the way they got to, or want to get to Europe is different, and their treatment should also be different. I describe Nigerian migrants to Europe (or to the West) as either Unethical Migrants, or Ordinary Migrants, or Illegal Migrants.

UNETHICAL MIGRANTS
These are those Nigerians living in Europe and whose presence there is facilitated by stolen public money. They are in Europe for education, employment, medical care, shopping, buying assets, and to enjoy all that Europe has to offer. They tend to be corrupt civil servants and corrupt politicians, or the children of these. Business people who help these corrupt ones launder stolen public money are also in this group. Crime is their foundation, so they should not be in Europe.

ORDINARY MIGRANTS
These are those Nigerians who without any malpractices got themselves educated, perhaps through honest hard working parents, or perhaps through local or foreign scholarships, then suitably skilled, were able to seek and obtain work in Europe.

ILLEGAL MIGRANTS
These are Nigerians who should not be in Europe. With pretence and lies they have manipulated Europe in order to gain access to services and products that they are not entitled to. They may or may not have used people traffickers to get to Europe.



Source:
https://web.facebook.com/ndidi.uwechue