POPULATION
18,384 Estimated Nigerian refugees 6,393 refugees in Dar Es Salam camp
14,420 IDPs in the Lake Region
HIGHLIGHTS
After several attacks of insurgents in Niger and the response by Niger’s armed forces to the attacks on the villages in the Lake over 2,000 Niger nationals fled to Chad. A great number of them concentrated in the city of Karam (about 40 km north of Bagasola) from where transfers to Bagasola and Dar Es Salam camps have started.
Security restrictions are still in place for all humanitarian activities in the Lake Region. Military escort is required for missions from Bagasola to the many villages on the lake.
Chadian military have prohibited the transit of civilians in the Lake area. Since the beginning of May, the military have told local populations to move away from the islands displacing over 10,000 locals, Chadian returnees and Nigerian refugees alike.
