Over .3m Nigerian Refugees In Niger, Chad, Cameroon–UNHCR

A total number of 300,884 Nigerian refugees currently reside in the Republic of Niger, Chad and Cameroon, Data sourced from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Nigeria, showed, yesterday.
This is even as the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq; her Women Affairs counterpart, Paulen Tallen; the Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba; the Governor of Borno State, Prof Babagana Zulum; the Comptroller-General of Immigration, Muhammad Babandede; the Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim; the UNHCR Country Representative, Chansa Kapaya; and others, gathered in Abuja for the Stakeholders’ Meeting on the Implementation of the Global Compact on Refugees.
Out of the number, Borno State Governor, Prof Babagana Zulum, said 200,000 were from Borno State and have been yearning to return home.
The data, which were updated on November 30, 2020, gave the breakdown to include Nigerian refugees in Niger (168,081), Cameroon (116,960) and Chad (15,843).
Also as at November 30, Nigeria recorded 66,031 registered refugees in the country from across the globe.
The number of the refugees and their countries are: Cameroon (63,603); Central African Republic (710); Democratic Republic of the Congo (652); Syrian Arab Republic (308); Mali (145); Cote d’Ivoire (136); Chad (87); Sudan (47); others (342).
The UNHCR Nigeria data also showed that a total number of 1,397 foreign nationals are currently seeking asylum in the country.
Speaking during the meeting, yesterday, Kapaya said even though Nigeria faced complex humanitarian challenges, it has been a generous host country to refugees and asylum-seekers for decades from within the region and far beyond and has provided a safe haven and access to essential life-saving basic services.