The Adamawa and Borno Governments on Monday began discussions with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refuges (UNHCR) and other stakeholders on the evacuation of about 90,000 Nigerian refugees in Cameroon. The refugees, mostly from Borno, were displaced by insurgency six years ago. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the meeting in Yola on Monday, […]
Govt speaks on evacuation of Nigerian refugees from Cameroon
The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, NCRFIM, said on Monday that the agency had almost concluded arrangements to repatriate Nigerian refugees from Cameroon. NCRFIM Federal Commissioner, Sadiya Farouq, disclosed this during the Second Regional Protection Dialogue on the Lake Chad Basin in Abuja. Mrs Farouq said a lot was being done…
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The UN has said that no fewer than 32,000 Cameroonians fleeing insecurity and violence are currently taking refuge in Nigeria.
The U.N. refugee agency says thousands of Nigerian refugees are fleeing to Chad to escape a surge of violence in northeastern Nigeria’s Borno state. Fierce clashes between government forces and armed militants from the radical Islamic group Boko Haram erupted in late December in Borno state’s Baga town, near the Chadian border. The U.N. refugee…
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