Important research by Ikenna Daniel Molobe and Oluwakemi Ololade Odukoya researched
The prevalence of drug use and illicit trafficking: A descriptive cross-sectional study of irregular migrant returnees in Nigeria
The research assessed whether the use of drugs is higher among Nigerian returned migrants from Libyan detention centres in the transit or destination along the Meditteranean irregular migration route. The study shows that the prevalence of drug use among irregular migrants is shockingly high, around 61%. Often, experience of migration stress, trauma, and frustrations were contributing factors of using drugs. Also, seeking treatment remained low among this group. The research also concludes that the major influencers through whom the migrants were introduced to drugs were the migrant smugglers, human traffickers, and friends within the migrants’ social group.
These findings are important to take with us and work with to help to prevent drug use and offer help towards the migration stress and traumas.
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