For over 16 years, AYGF has been at the forefront of combating human trafficking, promoting safe migration, and supporting the rehabilitation and reintegration of victims across Nigeria and the West African sub-region.
Our migration programs focus on:

Migration Governance & Policy Advocacy
AYGF is an active member of Nigeria’s Technical Working Group (TWG) on Migration Management, contributing to policy formulation and implementation. A significant achievement of the TWG in 2019 was the review and validation of Nigeria’s National Migration Profile.

We have collaborated with ECOWAS, the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), and the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) to strengthen migration policies and border management.

Labour Migration & Rights Protection
With support from the European Union, AYGF conducted and “Extension of Labour Law Inspection” study (2019-2020) in partnership with the International Organization for Migration, IOM, assessing compliance with labour laws for migrant workers in Nigeria.

AYGF’s advocacy initiatives on Migration are targeted at protecting the rights of migrant workers, ensuring alignment with International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions and serving as a pressure group to state actors for the enforcement of Nigeria’s National Policy on Labour Migration.

The major objective of the project was to conduct a baseline survey to ascertain the level of compliance and conformity of Labour law enforcement in the Country vis-a-vis the migrant workers in Nigeria and access how that has impacted on the welfare and wellbeing of migrant workers in Nigeria in the context of implementation and compliance with National Policy on Migration, National Policy on Labour Migration and other International Labour conventions and treaties.