Nigerians in Finland

Nigerians in Finland are residents and citizens of Finland of Nigerian ancestry. They are Finland's second largest African immigrant group after Somalis.

Nigerians in Finland
Total population
3,480 (2017)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Helsinki
Languages
Multiple
Religion
Islam, Christianity

The largest concentrations of them exist in Helsinki (962, 0.15%), Espoo (578, 0.21%), Vantaa (399, 0.18%), Tampere (245, 0.11%) and Turku (190, 0.10%). 2,110 of them reside in Uusimaa, where they make up 0.13% of the population.[2]

Society

Many Nigerian women seeking asylum in Finland are victims of human trafficking.[3]. Most of them get No but have from Russia get in smuggled illegal.

Finnish people of Nigerian descent
gollark: Can you trade CB Prizes? Obviously nobody would, but it's interesting.
gollark: Huh. Someone actually put up a trade request with a CB copper asking for the release.
gollark: I wonder what they'll look like as adults...
gollark: I think the first wave will have hit the tradehub by now. The release was five hours ago, I think.
gollark: More like in five hours or never, but whatever.

References
  1. "Syntyperä ja taustamaa sukupuolen mukaan maakunnittain ja kunnittain 1990 - 2017". Tilastokeskus. Archived from the original on 2019-02-12. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-02-12. Retrieved 2018-08-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Raportti paljastaa: Näin nigerialaiset naiset joutuvat seksityöhön Suomeen". Kaleva.fi.
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