Latest data from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) says the country deported 366 Nigerians in 10 months between January and October 2025 for reasons bordering on crimes, improper documentation and others.
Political Economist NG reports that Canada has recently tightened its borders following abuse of its liberal immigration policy especially for professionals and persons with proven skills.
Investigations by Political Economist NG revealed a troubling pattern in the manner some Nigerians ‘generate’ documents including university degrees and other certificates just to meet the immigration requirements.
This year, immigrants’ traffic to Canada is expected to jump following United States President Donald Trump’s America First policy which has redlined and disqualified many Nigerians from entering the United States.
The immigrants’ traffic to Canada is also boosted by the general perception that it offers more opportunities for immigrants in terms of jobs than US and UK, the two hitherto preferred countries by Nigerians. Political Economist NG learnt that Nigerians were not the only nationals affected as the exercise was part of a broader immigration scrutiny aimed at cleaning up the country noted for peace and harmony among citizens.
The deportation records showed that some immigrants to Canada were sent back to their home countries while others were deported later after they had lived in Canada for some time. The CBSA removals programme record also revealed that 974 Nigerians are currently in the Removal in Progress list, meaning they will be bidding a final bye-bye to Canada.
Nigeria ranked 9th among the top 10 nationalities deported from Canada in the period under review. The 974 Nigerians awaiting deportation places Nigeria in the 5th position among those awaiting removal.
Canadian is currently facing housing shortages, labour pressures, border security, crimes largely traced to migrants.
Nigeria’s globally acknowledged cyber-crime known as 419 (Advance fee fraud) featured dominantly among the listed crimes by CBSA on its website.
