BBC Newsday: 50,000 Nigerian refugees have come to Niger by BBC World Service Radio published on 2014-04-22T03:44:10Z In the wake of the bus station bombing in Nigeria last week and the kidnapping of school girls in the north of the country the situation in Nigeria is tense. The army's offensive against the Islamist group Boko Haram has pushed thousands of civilians to cross the border into neighbouring Niger. Thomas Fessy, has been speaking to Karl Steinacker, the UNHCR Representative in Niger. So has he seen a growing influx of refugees? Genre BBCNewsday