CCCM, Shelter, and NFI Sector call for enhanced support to address the Urgent Needs of Displaced Populations in Northeast Nigeria
The Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM), Shelter, and Non-Food Item (NFI) sector has called for enhanced support to address the needs of forcibly displaced persons in northeastern Nigeria. In a stakeholder briefing organised by the National Emergency...
ECOWAS and UNHCR signed an agreement to strengthen refugee protection and address internal displacements in West Africa
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the UNHCR, The UN Refugee Agency today signed an agreement to strengthen their collaboration in protecting refugees, stateless and internally displaced persons in the region. The President of the ECOWAS...
Government, UNHCR, and partners step up humanitarian response for Cameroonian refugee influx into Nigeria’s Adamawa State
Over 16,500 refugees from Cameroon’s Southwest region have arrived in Adamawa State, Northeastern Nigeria, having escaped attacks by Non-State Armed Groups in the last six months. The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, is deeply concerned by the recent influx, as attacks...
Cameroonian refugees in Nigeria pass 70,000 mark, UNHCR renews call for help
Nigeria – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is today reiterating its call to the international community for urgent additional support for refugees in Nigeria, where the number of refugees from Cameroon has now passed 70,000, nearly 80 per cent of whom are women and...
Strengthening protection and solutions for refugees and asylum seekers in West Africa is critical in response to mixed population flows, say ECOWAS and UNHCR
Uyo, Nigeria | The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and relevant stakeholders have discussed mixed population flows in West Africa and steps to ensure the protection of refugees, asylum seekers and...