Nigerians in Finland explained

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Group:	Nigerians in Finland
Population:	4,607 (2021)^[1]
Regions:	Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Tampere, Turku
Languages:	Finnish, Swedish, English
Religions:	Islam, Christianity

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

In 2017, 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]

Finnish people of Nigerian descent

• Noah Kin, rapper
• Nnaemeka Anyamele, footballer
• Nicholas Otaru, footballer
• Lola Odusoga, model
• Seppo Evwaraye, athlete
• Simon Ekpa, Lahti politician, Biafra separatist, and former athlete

Notes and References

1. Web site: Syntyperä ja taustamaa sukupuolen mukaan maakunnittain ja kunnittain 1990 - 2017. Tilastokeskus. 2018-08-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20190212214837/http://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/fi/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_032.px/?rxid=726cd24d-d0f1-416a-8eec-7ce9b82fd5a4. 2019-02-12. dead.
2. Web site: PX-Web - Valitse muuttuja ja arvot . 2018-08-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190212214837/http://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/fi/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_032.px/?rxid=726cd24d-d0f1-416a-8eec-7ce9b82fd5a4 . 2019-02-12 . dead .
3. Web site: Raportti paljastaa: Näin nigerialaiset naiset joutuvat seksityöhön Suomeen. Kaleva.fi.