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Nigeria Situation Chad

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35,200 Individuals
Nigerian refugees
Base Layer

Population


Nigerian refugees

7,337


Last Updated 30 Jun 2016
Source - CNARR & UNHCR

Internally Displaced Persons in Chad

72,679


Last Updated 15 Aug 2016
Source - Shelter/AME/CCCM Cluster
As of 15th August 2016, according to IOM there is a total of 72,679 displaced person registered (18,187 household): 63,936 IDPs (16,291 HH); 8,423 chadian returnees (1.822 HH); 320 third country nationals (74 HH).
Other 43,193 estimated persons displaced needs to be registered and verified.

  Nigerian refugees

Settlement Total Population    
4,940
Individuals
67.3 %
1,267
Individuals
17.3 %
818
Individuals
11.1 %
309
Individuals
4.2 %
3
Individuals
0 %
n/a
Individuals
0 %

   Latest Documents

  Highlights

Lake Chad Basin: Millions of children suffer violence by Boko Haram , according to UNICEF
30 Aug 2016
WHO: Public health emergency declared in Lake Chad basin following Nigeria polio outbreak
30 Aug 2016
Chad's national assembly extended by six months the state of emergency imposed on the region in November 2016 (Thomsons Reuters Foundation)
25 Apr 2016
Chad: Idriss Deby won a fifth term in office with 61.56% of the votes in the first round, according to the provisional results (Election Commission)
21 Apr 2016
Chad: start of an unlimited strike of the public service.
29 Mar 2016

  Funding Requirements 2016

Total Appeal $30,293,386
Received to Date $6,018,467
Gap $24,274,919
Coverage 20%
Last Updated 15 Aug 2016

  News

Feature Aid and Policy “The new terrible” Lake Chad region in desperate need
IRIN, 04 Aug 2016
A deepening but often overlooked humanitarian crisis in West Africa’s Lake Chad region has been described “as the new terrible” by the UN’s top relief official, Stephen O’Brien. Of the region’s 20 million people, 9.2 million are now in need of life-saving assistance, while severe acut...
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Regional armies struggle in last push against Boko Haram
Reuters, 27 Jul 2016
By Joe Bavier DIFFA, Niger (Reuters) - "You'll all be able to go home soon. Boko Haram is nearly finished," Niger's Interior Minister Mohamed Bazoum told a crowd of refugees seated quietly on dusty, sun-baked flats. His words of optimism were belied by the dozens-strong security detail require...
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Armies of Niger, Chad and Cameroon Struggle Against Boko Haram
Reuters, 26 Jul 2016
Diffa: “You’ll all be able to go home soon. Boko Haram is nearly finished,” Niger’s interior minister Mohamed Bazoum told a crowd of refugees seated quietly on dusty, sun-baked flats. His words of optimism were belied by the dozens-strong security detail required to protect him as he tour...
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U.N. hikes 2016 humanitarian appeal to record $21.6 bln after new disasters
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 28 Jun 2016
By Megan Rowling BARCELONA, June 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The United Nations has raised its 2016 humanitarian funding appeal to a record $21.6 billion from $19.7 billion, partly due to new disasters including a cyclone that battered Fiji and an earthquake that hit Ecuador, as well as the...
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Tchad: des cliniques mobiles pour les réfugiés du Lac Tchad (Volet 1)
RFI, 16 Jun 2016
Des sages-femmes parties de Ndjamena, la capitale, séjournent dans la région du lac Tchad. Elles réalisent dans leurs cliniques mobiles des consultations spéciales pour les femmes et les enfants du camp de Dar es Salam aux portes de Baga Sola, ville tchadienne située près de la frontière avec...
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