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    Legal Framework for Involvement of Private Sector in Migration Services and Operations: Appraisal of the Nigeria Immigration Laws and Practices
    (Lead City University, Ibadan, 2024-12) Oyinlola-Michael, Oyewale Raphael
    Migration services and operations are of great importance to the development of nations, owing to the significance of human and non-human movements across national borders. The undeniable importance of trans-nationality in global economic indices as well as the preponderance of migration-related issues in policy formulation and implementation, national security, and international relations, have given credence to the need for a better understanding between the public and private sectors in migration practices based primarily on enabling national and international laws. There is robust body of laws at the International level, we also have provisions within our national laws to engineer the desired collaboration between the public and the private sectors in migration, and however, there is the absence of the will to make these laws week. This lack of will is due to a couple of factors, all of which can be addressed systematically. However, the big question remains, if the public sector will be receptive to the idea of collaboration with the private sector, as this partnership will liberalize migration processes and operations, and eliminate some inordinate gratifications enjoyed by public officers. This work employs exploratory research method to probe the Nigeria extant immigration laws in relation to international migrations laws and practices to determine the essence and extent of private sector involvement in migration practices and operations in Nigeria. This qualitative research approach enables the justification for the determinacies of appropriateness and applicability of Section 102 of the Immigration Act 2015, the Immigration Regulation 2017, the New Visa Policy 2020, and other relevant statutes that affect the practice and operation of migration in Nigeria. The International Migration Laws (IML), is a jurisprudence combining branches of law like Civil Law, Criminal Law, Human Rights Law, Humanitarian Law, Labour Law, Refugee Law, Family Law, Constitutional Law, Company Law and Immigration Law. These legal provisions govern the movement of people across the national borders. Our findings reveals the unpreparedness of the public sector to collaborate with the private sector in migration practices, this is even as there are restrictive migration legislations, criminalizing what should be coordinated for a tripartite benefit; government, individual migrants and their families, and the general public. An exploration of the Public-Private-Partnership activities is an indication that there are potentials for public-private sectors engagement in the migration industry, in the same way that the International community has embraced the private business community in migration policy formulation and implementation. This work seeks collaboration from stake-holders in the migration industry, including faculties of law, migration practitioners, associations, the National Assembly and the Nigeria Immigration Services. The major contribution of this work is the proposed Nigeria Migration Society. It is expected that through the proposed Nigeria Migration Society, we may work out a beneficial relationship between the public and private sectors in the Nigeria migration industry. Keywords: Private Sector Legal Framework, Migration Services and Operations Appraisal , Nigeria Immigration Laws and Practices, Nigeria public sector, human and non-human movements across national borders Word count: 464