OGBEBOR BRIGHT

This research is focused on the Assessment of the factors influencing economic migration among Edo State youths. This study will examine the major factors and influence of migration. It also identified the challenges faced by Edo state deportees/returnees and the efficacy of social work intervention as well as potential ways in which social workers through them an date of social work can play a pivotal role in responding to these issues. The study through the data collected found out that diverse factors which from economic related to social factors such as household and peer pressure, including the growing impact of globalization on the Nigeria youth and strict immigration control by developed countries contribute as motivating factors and drivers of migration in Edo state. The results of the analysis shows that poverty, unemployment, influence of migrants' social networks, globalization and the problem of "get rich quick syndrome" as major factors of international migration. However, strategies and interventions, by way of an integrated approach, have been highlighted to combat it.