The UN refugee agency said the estimated 35,000 Nigerians had fled across the north-eastern border into Cameroon in the last two weeks of January. There are also several thousands of Cameroonian refugees hosted across Nigeria, reported News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). There are concerns about the possible forceful ejection of the Nigerian
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Refugee, Migrant Deaths in Mediterranean Sea alarming — UN
The U.N. refugee agency says there was an alarming increase in the number of refugees and migrants who lost their lives last year while crossing the Mediterranean Sea. Last year, the U.N. refugee agency says, six people died on average every day while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea. It estimates 2,275
UN seeks nearly $1bn for 6.2M displaced Nigerians
Godsgift Onyedinefu The United Nations said it is launching a three-year Humanitarian Response Strategy together with the Nigeria Regional Refugee Response Plan to assist millions of victims of Boko Haram attacks in northeastern Nigeria and hundreds of thousands of refugees who fled to neighbouring countries. The UN revealed that 6.2 million people
Thousands of Nigerian Refugees Flee to Chad — UN
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
Stop Forced Eviction of Nigerian Refugees, UN tells Cameroon
The UN refugee agency has expressed shock by reports that Cameroonian authorities have forcibly returned some 9,000 Nigerian refugees who fled across the border earlier in the week in search of safety from militant attacks. The sudden mass exodus of thousands of Nigerian refugees into Cameroon followed attacks by Boko Haram
Over 30,000 Cameroonian refugees arrive Nigeria – UN
The number of Cameroonians fleeing violence and seeking refuge in Nigeria has crossed the 30,000-mark, the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has said. Mr Babar Baloch, a spokesperson for UNHCR, highlighted that the needs on the ground to cater for the refugees in Nigeria were outpacing donor efforts. Baloch said reports
The UN Refugee Agency Faces a Big Funding Shortfall
UN, NBA condemns Nigeria for forcible extradition of Cameroonian separatists
Faces legal backlash Jude Johnson The United Nations (has) condemned Nigerian government for forcible extradition of 47 Cameroonian Anglophone separatists this week to face charges in Yaoundé where the government has described them as “terrorists”. This is coming, as concerns have been raised by lawyers about the legality of such an
UN launches appeal for over 200,000 displaced by Boko Haram
Nigeria expresses shock over ‘hurried burial’ of 26 drowned teenagers in Italy
Babatunde Opalana The Federal Government of Nigeria has expressed surprise and shock over the sudden burial of the 26 African girls drowned in the Mediterranean Sea by Italian authorities nine days ahead of the slated date. The Italian Embassy earlier indicated to the Director General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in