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Why do nurses migrate?

Watch this video where an MSc student at Coventry University and previously a nurse, talking about his reasons for leaving Nigeria.

As we discussed in the previous step, it is not just financial considerations that motivate nurses to move.

In this video Franklin Ehiwobu, an MSc student at Coventry University and previously a nurse, talks about his personal reasons for leaving Nigeria.


Your task

What is your personal experience of nurse migration? Have you worked with nurses who have migrated to/from other parts of the world or have you experienced this personally?
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