Ebomoyi, I.

Abstract

This paper examined the youth migration and the exigencies of the local economy in Edo state. However, it is aimed at examining youth migration and migrant remittances and their attendant consequences. To further this study, the paper adopted a theoretical perspective using the secondary sources of data and adopted the structural functionalist theory as well as the Pull and Push migration theory. These theories were used in complementary ground as they each make up for the inadequacies of the other and also to direct and redirect the focus of the study within the ambit of the formulated objectives. It was found out among other things that youth migration and international remittances have significant impact on the local economy. It is therefore recommended that the government as well as the stakeholders should be concerned on how to boost their efforts to better their employability and their vocational skills as these will no doubt increase the youth’s chances to secure good paying jobs both at home and abroad. These would create more jobs for the youths and increase their inflow of remittances to their home countries and finally, the government should focus on strengthening the legal pathways of migration to countries abroad as a solution to the use of illegal deadly routes in travelling abroad. The implication of this is that youths can travel legally abroad with its beneficial consequences of increasing migrants’ remittances.

   

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Published: 2024

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