Nigeria to evacuate refugees from Niger, Chad, Cameroon

The Federal Government says it has put plans in place to begin the evacuation of Nigerian refuge in neighbouring Cameroon, Chad, and the Niger Republic.

Federal Commissioner of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), Alhaji Ahmed Tijjani, who disclosed this on Thursday after a meeting with Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State in Maiduguri, said thousands of the Nigerian refugees were displaced by Boko Haram insurgents and fled to neighbouring countries at the peak of the insurgency.

Tijjani further stated that the FG had also agreed to close the remaining Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Maiduguri and return the displaced persons to their ancestral homes within the shortest possible time.

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Addressing newsmen after the meeting, Tijjani said:

“We discussed the evacuation of refugees from Cameroon, Niger, and Chad. It was agreed that a tripartite meeting would be held.

“The commission will sit down and come up with the process and procedure to apply to evacuating our people.

“Registration of refugees for the voluntary evacuation is ongoing in collaboration with the UN Agency for Refugees (UNHCR),” Tijjani added.

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