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Nigeria: International protection considerations with regard to people fleeing northeastern Nigeria (the states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa) and surrounding region – Update I

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Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Country: Nigeria

Introduction

  1. Since the publication of UNHCR’s International Protection Considerations with regard to people fleeing the states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa in northeastern Nigeria in October 2013, an upsurge of violence has affected civilians in the region. Since the start of 2014, the conflict is reported to have led to more than 4,000 deaths. The insurgents have used suicide attacks, bombings and raids, almost exclusively targeting the civilian population. The insurgents have reportedly killed, kidnapped, used forced conscription and abducted women and girls. As the security situation in the northeastern part of Nigeria remains uncertain and volatile, internal and external displacement continues to escalate. Following attacks by the insurgents in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa in late August 2014, more than 10,000 Nigerians fled to Cameroon, Chad and Niger. In May 2014 the National Assembly renewed the state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states for a further six-month period.

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