Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria
The fourth round of the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) published in June 2015 showed 1.4 million people are still internally displaced (IDPs) in the northeast states of Nigeria. 56 per cent (775,767) of the displaced population are children, half of whom (387,883) are children under five years old. Despite the relative decrease in the number of displaced persons compared to the previous DTM round, due to spontanous return, Borno state continues to host the highest number of IDPs: 80 per cent of the IDPs population. In addition, 223,141 IDPs have returned to the north of Adamawa state.
The Protection Monitoring Summary of June 2015 reveals forced displacement, killing and security incidents as the most prevalent protection abuses.