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700,000 Nigerians displaced due to insecurity, banditry-UNHCR
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR)has released figures for displaced persons in Nigeria due to insecurity and banditry. UNHC stated that about 700,000 Nigerians were newly displaced in 2021. The UN refugee agency also said a total of 1.6 million people were newly displaced in the West and Central African region.