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Refugee commission pledges support to victims of displacement

Ihesiulo Grace 10 January 2020 0

The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internationally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) says it will continue to support and improve the livelihood of victims of displacement in the country. Federal Commissioner of the commission, Senator Basheer Mohammed, said this in Abuja, at a

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UN agencies return 5,087 Somali refugees from Yemen in 2 years

Ihesiulo Grace 13 December 2019 0

Mogadishu – Two UN agencies said on Friday that some 5,087 Somali refugees had so far returned home from Yemen since it started an Assisted Spontaneous Return (ASR) programme in 2017. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said that 39 organised departures had taken place from Yemen to Somalia […]

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Nigeria To Grant Temporary Protection To 20,485 Cameroonian Refugees

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2018 0

The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) country representative, Antonio Canhandula, have said that the Federal Government would recognise 20,485 Cameroonian refugees on a ‘temporary protection basis’.   The refugees are temporarily sheltered in the Southeast states of Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Benue and Taraba

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UN appoints Nigerian, Head special investigation into killing of Burundians

Ihesiulo Grace 18 January 2018 0

The United Nations Under Secretary-general for peacekeeping operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, has appointed Chikadibia Obiakor to head a special investigation into the killing of Burundian refugees in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Stephane Dujarric, who is the spokesman for the UN secretary-general in New York, announced this in a statement issued Wednesday in New

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CAR violence triggers more refugees to Cameroon

Ihesiulo Grace 9 October 2017 0

U.N. aid agencies are struggling to meet the needs of refugees in eastern Cameroon as multitudes flee the renewed violence in neighboring Central African Republic. The population of the Gado refugee camp has exploded from just 1,000 refugees in January to 25,000 today. Agency reports stated that ,scores of children are being attended to by […]

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DRC opens inquiry into fatal shooting of Burundian refugees

Ihesiulo Grace 19 September 2017 0

In response to the United Nations call for investigation into the gruesome murder of Burundian protesters in the democratic republic of Congo, the government has set up enquiry into the killings. Agency reports said that the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday announced that it had opened an inquiry after soldiers fired on Burundian refugees […]

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Canada announces $119.25m humanitarian aid to Nigeria, others

Ihesiulo Grace 18 March 2017 0

The Canadian Government on Friday said it would provide 119.25 million dollars as funds in response to humanitarian crises in Northeast Nigeria, South Sudan, Somalia and Yemen. This is contained in a statement from Ms Brittany Venhola-Fletcher, Spokesperson, Media Relations, Global Affairs Canada made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. Global […]

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150,000 refugees storm Nigeria through borders says Presidency

Ihesiulo Grace 20 December 2016 0

Despite challenges faced by government in catering for the needs of people displaced by the Boko Haram sect in the North East,the Presidency has disclosed that a fresh batch of 150,000 refugees recently returned to the country. President Muhammadu Buhari made the disclosure on Monday at the Presidential Villa,when he received  Phillipo Grandi, the United […]