Abstract
Global migration of people, goods, and other natural forces have become a recurrent and popular decimal in the contemporary international system. This made the world a global village that brings everybody together under one opportunity and one peril. The implication of this is that whatever affects one part of the world positively or negatively naturally affects other areas of the world. This made an investigation into the implications of trans-border migration for domestic security, particularly as it affects Nigeria in this global age noteworthy. Nigeria’s subscription to certain international treaties and obligations has engendered several disasters among whom is the continual erosion of state sovereignty, the persistent upsurge of secessionist struggles, the latest of which is the secessionist struggle by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the South – East and South – South parts of the country, Boko Haram insurgency and herders/farmers crises in the northern part of the country. These calamities have been partly occasioned by trans-border migration. The study adopts a qualitative method of research. The data of the study was collected from secondary sources such as published materials, internet documents, and other unpublished sources. The study uses the theory of linkage politics to explain the linkage between domestic realities and international issues. It reveals that there are possibilities of mutual co-existence between Nigeria and its neighbours, but efforts must be intensified to ensure that the border and territorial integrity of the country is preserved.
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