 Many Nigerians lead the shores of the country in search of greener pastures, but for most of them, the situation turns out to be a nightmare. To this end, the International Organization for Migration, IOM, held a film screening in Lagos to sensitize Nigerians of the implications of migration. Plus, the series' correspondent, Uyime Afia, was at the screening of the movie titled Lost in Transit, Highport. The screening which showcased the hidden intricacies of migration, be it regular or irregular, is part of global activities that brings the world together to share migration stories, enabling migrant journeys to be told through the eyes of the migrants themselves. The movie Lost in Transit tells the story of a young girl who attempted to migrate through the irregular route and got stuck in transit. Zena tells me you're saving money to go to school. Yes ma'am. That means she must have told you she's going abroad to study. Yes ma'am. I like you. You're smart. Look at me, hardworking, focused. Panelists who spoke after the movie pointed out that it was important to address the push factors of migration in Nigeria and the rest of Africa. To them, issues including lack of jobs, insecurity, poverty, among others, are some of the reasons many Nigerians seek alternatives, including irregular migration. I am not sure about the future that lies down to vehicles and international vehicles. As we speak today, my colleagues are taking about some people in our future. Next week, some people are arriving in Kanra, France. This is like, it's ongoing, you never stop. If they are coming, she said this fluid is very fluid. So as we are blocking this channel, we are partners, they're coming up with new channels. Some of the actors spoke about their roles and how best to fight the surge. It was hugely a very emotional journey. It was new to do a research and interact with some of the victims of irregular migration. We hear their story, go to places, travel and begin to pick the bit and pieces to get out of the script. Yeah, and some of them even acted in the movie. So it was quite an emotional time. So well, so far so good. We're trying to tell the story, you know, to help other people not to make the same mistakes. We are a country and we're a work in progress. All these bodies that are here today for the screening, they are working towards that. You see people, they say they station two people at the local government. They have people in the bus movement, the blue bus movement. They are doing films, they're doing cinema bus. They're doing so many things. So these I think they are doing as a collective as Nigerians. So the work is not even done. Power deutes create employment opportunities, create atmosphere for people to thrive. And then the number of people who want to leave the country will be very, very reduced. And they will not live illegally. They will seek the proper way of living. If you seek the proper way of living, they will be able to trace you. But if you go illegally, you are on your own, you just, you die for nothing. This is what they can do, what we have done today. Part of the things that they can do is this massive collaboration. We have a private production company as a consultant working with different government and intergovernmental organizations like NOA, NAPTIP, IOM and all the likes that we saw today. So it's this type of huge partnership that can make creating such awareness and advocacy and coming up with beautiful mind-blowing solutions that can nip such a menace in the board. The OIM, however, pointed out that even though the regular migration was preferable, every information, including the kinds of jobs to do, must be thoroughly sorted before any Nigerian leave the shores of the country. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.