ThE (UN) United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) says the 35,000 Nigerian who fled to had no choice “if they want to stay alive”.
The UN refugee agency said the estimated 35,000 Nigerians had fled the north-eastern border into Cameroon in the last two weeks of January.
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There had been concerns about the possible forceful ejection of the Nigerian refugees in Cameroon as the country had threatened severally.
Speaking on a visit to Goura in Cameroon on Friday, the UN Resident Coordinator in Cameroon, Allegra Baiocchi said: “I have seen many fearful people here, whose lives have been destroyed by Boko Haram.
“The people who came here really had no choice. This is where they need to be now if they want to stay alive.”
The United Nations and its partners have responded to the sudden influx into Goura by providing basic services in what is now a makeshift refugee settlement.
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