West Africa: Ensuring effective alternatives to dangerous journeys

Strengthening protection and solutions for refugees and asylum seekers in West Africa is critical in response to mixed migratory flows.

November 5, 2017 News

West Africa mobilized to ensure that everyone has the right to a nationality

One million people are stateless or at risk of statelessness in West Africa, essentially because of gaps in nationality laws and obstacles in administrative procedures to establish proof of nationality

September 5, 2017 News

Nigeria: UNHCR condemns the killing of eleven refugee returnees in Banki IDP camp

11 returned refugees killed and 7 injured in an attack on Nigerian border town of Banki, on the night of 31 August

July 26, 2017 News

UNHCR seeks additional support to respond to the Nigeria situation

UNHCR is launching a $9.5 million supplementary appeal to scale up its activities in north-east Nigeria, and respond to unexpected surge in self-organized returns of Nigerian refugees since the beginning of the year

June 9, 2017 News

In Northeast Nigeria, refugees returning from Cameroon are facing new emergency situation

Nigerian refugees, who recently returned from Cameroon, are facing enormous challenges and dire living conditions due to lack of food, shelter, water and sanitation, as well as limited and overstretched health facilities

June 1, 2017 News

UNHCR steps up support amidst large-scale returns to Northeast Nigeria

UNHCR is stepping up its response as large numbers of refugees return from Cameroon to north-eastern Nigeria. More than 12,000 refugees returned in the month of May, with 1,800 returning in just one day early last week