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  • Don’t evict Nigerian refugees, UN tells Cameroon

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    Kehinde Ajose
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    The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed grave concerns over plans by Cameroon to evict thousands of Nigerian refugees to Borno. UNHCR said it deplored the reported move that Cameroon was forcing several thousand Nigerians to return to Borno, adding, it has put the lives of the refugees “at risk”. Cameroon is currently…

  • Over 30,000 Cameroonian refugees arrive Nigeria – UN

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    Bayo Millz
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    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 indicated that scores…

  • ‘Don’t send Nigerian refugees back to Boko Haram violence’

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    Olaotan Falade
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    The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has urged the Cameroonian authority not to send Nigerian refugees back to the Boko Haram violence they fled from. Despite warnings, Nigerian refugees and asylum-seekers who fled Boko Haram violence continue to be returned from Cameroon, UNHCR said, underscoring the need to accord international protection…

  • French president calls for European funding for towns hosting refugees

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday called for a European programme to fund local authorities that house and integrate refugees. In a speech to the European Parliament, Macron lauded European integration as the only way to regain sovereignty faced with global challenges such as migration, climate change, the growing digital economy, and the growth of…

  • Gov. Ortom urges refugee commission to be proactive

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    Kehinde Ajose
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    Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has advised the National Commission for Refugees, Migration and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to be swift in reacting to emergencies so as to ease the effect on victims.   Ortom gave the advice on Friday in Makurdi, when a delegation of the commission, led by Mr Charles Nwanlo, Assistant Director,…

  • 10,000 Cameroonian refugees in Nigeria – UN

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    The United Nations has expressed concerns about the swelling numbers of people fleeing English-speaking areas of Cameroon for Nigeria, saying it is particularly worried over safety of women and children. William Spindler, spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), decried the precarious situation of women and children, who make up…

  • Over 7,000 Cameroonian refugees arrive Nigeria – UN

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    The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) is stepping up its presence in Southern Nigeria, to provide life-saving support to thousands of people fleeing unrest in English-speaking areas of Cameroon. UNHCR spokesperson, Andrej Mahecic, said tensions between security forces and pro-independence demonstrators in Cameroon’s restive Anglophone region intensified in October. Mahecic said “Joint UNHCR and…

  • Deportation of Nigerian refugees worrisome – Dabiri-Erewa

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    The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Friday gave Cameroon a thumps down for the alleged deportation of over 100,000 Nigerians from the country. Dabiri-Erewa in a statement by her media assistant, Abdul-Rahman Balogun, called the deportation of the Nigerians who fled their homes to escape the…

  • FG evacuates 170 Nigerian refugees from Cameroon

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    The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has evacuated another batch of 170 Nigerian repatriated refugees mostly Women and Children from Cameroon. The Director-General of the Agency, Alhaji Mustapha Maihaja, disclosed this at Mubi International Transit Camp, Adamawa, on Sunday. Maihaja, who was represented by Idris Garga, NEMA Coordinator in charge of Adamawa and Taraba, said…

  • Obama backs protests against Trump’s Refugee Order

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    Breaking his silence only 10 days after he left office, former President Barack Obama has backed nationwide protests against President Donald Trump’s Refugee Order on Monday. In a strongly worded statement issued through a spokesman, Kevin Lewis and reported by networks, Obama said he was “heartened by the level of engagement taking place in communities…