Canadian immigration authorities have determined that approximately 13,000 Nigerian nationals do not meet the criteria for asylum, thereby precluding them from obtaining refugee protection in Canada.
According to official data provided by the Refugee Protection Division of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, no fewer than 13,171 Nigerians who applied for refugee protection between January 2013 and December 2024 have been denied asylum, including 811 rejections in 2024 alone. This information, as reported by Sunday PUNCH, further indicates that Nigeria ranks fifth among the countries with the highest number of rejected claims.#newsafro_
