1 An Examination of Everyday Discourse of Migration among the Nigerian Youths. By Funmi Alakija (PhD), Anthony Amedu & Omowunmi Olaseinde Fayomi Department of Mass Communication, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Ojere, Abeokuta, Ogun State fualakija @gmail.com, anthonyamedu14@yahoo.com, omowummyolaseinde@gmail.com, 09064675071,07030821319, 08030594827. Abstract A notable increase in the numbers of Nigerians seeking asylum in Europe has been observed between 2000 and 2010 (Alakija, 2016). In contrast to the elites and skilled Nigerians migrants of the 1940s through to the 1970s, the economic migrants of the mid 1980s; there has been massive increase in the numbers of Nigerians migrating across the globe from the 1990s to date. Recently, Canada has been a destination of attraction to many Nigerian youths from both middle and lower economic categories, although a recent report in the Punch newspapers observed that the middle class who can afford reasonable living in Nigeria are majority in the influx of migrants to Canada. This study seeks to find out why there has been a phenomenal increase in the number of youths with desire to emigrate and also to identify if such desire is the result of economic, political challenges in Nigeria. The method adopted for this study is triangulation research method with a fraction of higher institution students in Abeokuta and National Youth Service Corps members serving in Ogun state. Findings revealed that the ‘west ‘in contrast to what is available in Nigeria has an affirmative role to play in their decision to leave, so also is the construction of migrants’ local heroes and the popular belief that the west is the best place to make money. Keywords: Communication, Migration, social and economic security, Nigerian youths, Asylum, Europe, Canada, Political changes, students in higher institution, crops members in Ogun State, Global north and Global south, phenomenal increase, progressional change