Menu
Refugees in Niger

The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations

JSON 
Note 31.08.17
  • Malian refugees - physical verification and BIMS (Biometric Identity Management System) is being rolled out. The updated statistics will be available after its completion.
All refugees JSON 
166,857
Last updated 31 May 2018
Source - UNHCR, Government 
All refugees by origin JSON  .CSV 
Country of origin Source Data date Population
Nigeria UNHCR, Government 31 Oct 2017
  65.0%
108,470
Mali UNHCR, Government 31 May 2018
  34.7%
57,952
Chad UNHCR, Government 31 Jul 2017
  0.1%
165
Others UNHCR, Government 31 Jul 2017
  0.0%
78
Dem. Rep. of the Congo UNHCR, Government 31 Jul 2017
  0.0%
73
Central African Rep. UNHCR, Government 31 Jul 2017
  0.0%
64
Côte d'Ivoire UNHCR, Government 31 Jul 2017
  0.0%
55


Nigerian refugees since 2015 JSON 
Malian refugees since 2012 JSON 
All refugees by location JSON 
Location name Source Data date Population
Abala Refugee Camp UNHCR, Government 31 May 2018
  9.7%
16,108
Ayourou UNHCR, Government 31 May 2018
  0.3%
502
Diffa Region Government 31 Oct 2017
  65.0%
108,470
Intikane Hosting Area UNHCR, Government 31 May 2018
  10.8%
18,071
Mangaize Refugee Camp UNHCR, Government 31 May 2018
  5.0%
8,267
Niamey UNHCR, Government 31 May 2018
  2.5%
4,189
Tabareybarey Refugee Camp UNHCR, Government 31 May 2018
  6.7%
11,250


Nigerian refugees in Diffa Region JSON 
108,470
Last updated 31 Oct 2017
Source - Government 
IDPs in the Diffa Region JSON 
129,015
Last updated 31 Oct 2017
Source - Government 
Returned Niger nationals from Nigeria JSON 
14,820
Last updated 31 Oct 2017
Source - Government 
Asylum seekers JSON 
98
Last updated 31 Jul 2017
Source - UNHCR, Government 
  Latest documents
  • Download

    UNHCR Mali Funding Update 05 June 2018

    document
    Funding
    Published: 5 June 2018 (16 days ago)
    Uploaded: 7 June 2018 (13 days ago)
  • Download

    UNHCR Nigeria Funding Update 05 June 2018

    document
    Funding
    Published: 5 June 2018 (16 days ago)
    Uploaded: 7 June 2018 (13 days ago)
  • Download

    UNHCR West Africa Funding Update 05 June 2018

    document
    Funding
    Published: 5 June 2018 (16 days ago)
    Uploaded: 7 June 2018 (13 days ago)
  • Download

    UNHCR Regional Update - Nigeria Situation 1-31 May 2018

    document
    UNHCR Regional Update - Nigeria Situation 1-31 May 2018
    Published: 31 May 2018 (21 days ago)
    Uploaded: 12 June 2018 (8 days ago)
  • Download

    UNHCR Niger: Statistiques des réfugiés maliens au 31 mai 2018

    document
    Statistique
    Published: 31 May 2018 (21 days ago)
    Uploaded: 7 June 2018 (13 days ago)
  • Download

    2017 Nigeria RRRP Q1 Regional Dashboard

    document
    Dashboard
    Published: 10 May 2017 (1 year ago)
    Uploaded: 10 May 2017 (1 year ago)
  • Download

    2017 Nigeria RRRP Q1 Dashboard Niger

    document
    Dashboard
    Published: 10 May 2017 (1 year ago)
    Uploaded: 10 May 2017 (1 year ago)
  • Download

    Nigeria RRRP End of year Report 2016

    document
    Nigeria Regional Refugee Response Plan January - December 2016
    Published: 23 March 2017 (1 year ago)
    Uploaded: 3 May 2017 (1 year ago)
  • Download

    Regional Refugee Response Plan - Nigeria January - December 2017

    document
    RRRP
    Published: 31 December 2016 (1 year ago)
    Uploaded: 3 May 2017 (1 year ago)
  • Download

    UNHCR Niger: Country Operation Update May 2018

    document
    FACSHEET
    Published: 31 May 2018 (21 days ago)
    Uploaded: 12 June 2018 (8 days ago)
  • Download

    UNHCR Niger: Country Operation Update April 2018

    document
    FACSHEET
    Published: 30 April 2018 (1 month ago)
    Uploaded: 10 May 2018 (1 month ago)
  • Download

    2018 Nigeria RRRP - Q1 Niger update

    document
    2018 Nigeria Regional Refugee Response Plan (RRRP) - Niger main indicators update (January-March 2018)
    Published: 31 March 2018 (2 months ago)
    Uploaded: 7 May 2018 (1 month ago)
  • Download

    UNHCR Niger: Country Operation Update March 2018

    document
    FACSHEET
    Published: 31 March 2018 (2 months ago)
    Uploaded: 9 April 2018 (2 months ago)
  • Download

    2018 Nigeria RRRP - Q1 regional update

    document
    2018 Nigeria Regional Refugee Response Plan (RRRP) - Regional overview and indicator update (January-March 2018)
    Published: 31 March 2018 (2 months ago)
    Uploaded: 7 May 2018 (1 month ago)
  • Download

    UNHCR Niger: Statistiques des réfugiés maliens au 31 mai 2018

    document
    Statistique
    Published: 31 May 2018 (21 days ago)
    Uploaded: 7 June 2018 (13 days ago)
  • Download

    UNHCR Niger: Fluctuation des statistiques des refugies maliens du 1 au 31 mai 2018

    document
    Statistique
    Published: 31 May 2018 (21 days ago)
    Uploaded: 7 June 2018 (13 days ago)
  • Download

    UNHCR Niger: Statistiques des réfugiés maliens au 30 avril 2018

    document
    Statistiques
    Published: 30 April 2018 (1 month ago)
    Uploaded: 4 May 2018 (1 month ago)
  • Download

    UNHCR Niger: Fluctuation des statistiques des refugies maliens du 1 au 30 avril 2018

    document
    Statistiques
    Published: 30 April 2018 (1 month ago)
    Uploaded: 4 May 2018 (1 month ago)
  • Download

    UNHCR Niger: Fluctuation des statistiques des refugies maliens du 1 au 31 mars 2018

    document
    Statistiques
    Published: 31 March 2018 (2 months ago)
    Uploaded: 11 April 2018 (2 months ago)
  • Download

    UNHCR Mali Funding Update 05 June 2018

    document
    Funding
    Published: 5 June 2018 (16 days ago)
    Uploaded: 7 June 2018 (13 days ago)
  • Download

    UNHCR Nigeria Funding Update 05 June 2018

    document
    Funding
    Published: 5 June 2018 (16 days ago)
    Uploaded: 7 June 2018 (13 days ago)
  • Download

    UNHCR West Africa Funding Update 05 June 2018

    document
    Funding
    Published: 5 June 2018 (16 days ago)
    Uploaded: 7 June 2018 (13 days ago)
  • Download

    UNHCR Nigeria Situation Funding Update 24 May 2018

    document
    Funding
    Published: 24 May 2018 (28 days ago)
    Uploaded: 24 May 2018 (27 days ago)
  • Download

    UNHCR West Africa Funding Update 24 May 2018

    document
    Funding
    Published: 24 May 2018 (28 days ago)
    Uploaded: 24 May 2018 (27 days ago)
  • Download

    Regional Protection Working Group: A call for action: SGBV in the Lake Chad Basin crisis

    document
    Advocacy note
    Published: 7 September 2017 (9 months ago)
    Uploaded: 7 September 2017 (9 months ago)
  • Protocole d'échange d'information à Diffa

    document
    Protection
    Published: 31 July 2017 (10 months ago)
    Uploaded: 7 August 2017 (10 months ago)
  • Download

    Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre: Aperçu humanitaire hebdomadaire (4 – 10 juillet 2017)

    document
    Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre: Aperçu humanitaire hebdomadaire (4 – 10 juillet 2017)
    Published: 10 July 2017 (11 months ago)
    Uploaded: 13 July 2017 (11 months ago)
  • Download

    West and Central Africa: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot (4 - 10 July 2017)

    document
    West and Central Africa: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot (4 - 10 July 2017)
    Published: 10 July 2017 (11 months ago)
    Uploaded: 13 July 2017 (11 months ago)
  • Download

    Active USG Programs for the Lake Chad Basin Response (Last Updated 07/10/17)

    document
    Active USG Programs for the Lake Chad Basin Response (Last Updated 07/10/17)
    Published: 10 July 2017 (11 months ago)
    Uploaded: 13 July 2017 (11 months ago)
  • Download

    Niger : Accès humanitaire par escortes (juillet 2016)

    document
    UNOCHA
    Published: 7 July 2017 (11 months ago)
    Uploaded: 10 July 2017 (11 months ago)
  • Download

    Lake Chad Basin: Food Security and Displacement Snapshot (7 July 2017)

    document
    Lake Chad Basin: Food Security and Displacement Snapshot (7 July 2017)
    Published: 7 July 2017 (11 months ago)
    Uploaded: 10 July 2017 (11 months ago)
  • Download

    EYR 2017 Nigeria RRRP

    document
    2017 Nigeria Regional Refugee Response Plan end of year report
    Published: 28 March 2018 (2 months ago)
    Uploaded: 28 March 2018 (2 months ago)
  • Download

    RMMS West Africa: Mixed Migration in West Africa Data, Routes and Vulnerabilities of People on the move

    document
    Report
    Published: 18 September 2017 (9 months ago)
    Uploaded: 19 September 2017 (9 months ago)
  • Download

    IOM Regional Migration Report West and Central Africa

    document
    Report
    Published: 13 September 2017 (9 months ago)
    Uploaded: 18 September 2017 (9 months ago)
  • Download

    MYR 2017 Nigeria RRRP

    document
    2017 Nigeria Regional Refugee Response Plan mid-year report
    Published: 31 August 2017 (9 months ago)
    Uploaded: 31 August 2017 (9 months ago)
  • Download

    IDMC: Internal displacement in 2017 Highlights document (16 August 2017)

    document
    Highlights
    Published: 16 August 2017 (10 months ago)
    Uploaded: 21 August 2017 (9 months ago)
  • Download

    Evaluation de la situation en termes de protection des personnes déplacées à Diffa - mai 2017

    document
    L’insécurité persistante au sein et entre les pays frontaliers du bassin du lac Tchad a entraîné d’importants déplacements forcés de populations tant transfrontaliers qu’à l’intérieur du même pays. Au...
    Published: 31 May 2017 (1 year ago)
    Uploaded: 21 July 2017 (10 months ago)
  • Download
  • Download

    Rapport du Secrétaire général sur les activités du Bureau des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest et le Sahel

    document
    Rapport
    Published: 19 December 2016 (1 year ago)
    Uploaded: 16 January 2017 (1 year ago)
  • Download

    Food Security and Humanitarian Implications in West Africa and the Sahel

    document
    Food Security and Humanitarian Implications in West Africa and the Sahel
    Published: 16 September 2016 (1 year ago)
    Uploaded: 16 September 2016 (1 year ago)
  • Download

    Orientations Stratégiques du HCR 2017–2021

    document
    Stratégiques
    Published: 16 January 2017 (1 year ago)
    Uploaded: 3 February 2017 (1 year ago)
  • Download

    Lake Chad Basin Situation Report, July 2017

    document
    Lake Chad Basin Situation Report, July 2017
    Published: 12 July 2017 (11 months ago)
    Uploaded: 13 July 2017 (11 months ago)
  • Download

    UNHCR Regional Update - Nigeria Situation 1-31 May 2018

    document
    UNHCR Regional Update - Nigeria Situation 1-31 May 2018
    Published: 31 May 2018 (21 days ago)
    Uploaded: 12 June 2018 (8 days ago)
  • Download

    UNHCR Regional Update - Nigeria Situation 1-30 April 2018

    document
    UNHCR Regional Update - Nigeria Situation 1-30 April 2018
    Published: 30 April 2018 (1 month ago)
    Uploaded: 10 May 2018 (1 month ago)
  • Download

    UNHCR Regional Update - Nigeria Situation 1-31 March 2018

    document
    UNHCR Regional Update - Nigeria Situation 1-31 March 2018
    Published: 31 March 2018 (2 months ago)
    Uploaded: 11 April 2018 (2 months ago)
  • Download

    UNHCR Regional Update - Nigeria Situation 1-31 January 2018

    document
    UNHCR Regional Update - Nigeria Situation 1-31 January 2018
    Published: 31 January 2018 (4 months ago)
    Uploaded: 14 February 2018 (4 months ago)
  • Download

    UNHCR Regional Update - Nigeria Situation 1-30 November 2017

    document
    UNHCR Regional Update - Nigeria Situation 1-30 November 2017
    Published: 30 November 2017 (6 months ago)
    Uploaded: 11 December 2017 (6 months ago)
  • Download

    UNHCR Regional Update - Nigeria Situation 1-28 February 2018

    document
    UNHCR Regional Update - Nigeria Situation 1-28 February 2018
    Published: 28 February 2018 (3 months ago)
    Uploaded: 15 March 2018 (3 months ago)
  • Download

    UNHCR Regional Update - Nigeria Situation 1-31 October 2017

    document
    UNHCR Regional Update - Nigeria Situation 1-31 October 2017
    Published: 31 October 2017 (7 months ago)
    Uploaded: 22 November 2017 (6 months ago)
  • Download

    UNHCR Regional Update - Nigeria Situation 1-30 September 2017

    document
    UNHCR Regional Update - Nigeria Situation 1-30 September 2017
    Published: 30 September 2017 (8 months ago)
    Uploaded: 6 October 2017 (8 months ago)
  • Download

    UNHCR Regional Update - Nigeria Situation 1-31 August 2017

    document
    UNHCR Regional Update - Nigeria Situation 1-31 August 2017
    Published: 31 August 2017 (9 months ago)
    Uploaded: 6 September 2017 (9 months ago)
  • Download

    UNHCR Regional Update - Nigeria Situation 1-31 July 2017

    document
    UNHCR Regional Update - Nigeria Situation 1-31 July 2017
    Published: 31 July 2017 (10 months ago)
    Uploaded: 8 August 2017 (10 months ago)
  • Download

    UNHCR Niger: Statistiques des réfugiés maliens au 30 juin 2017

    document
    Statistiques
    Published: 30 June 2017 (11 months ago)
    Uploaded: 5 July 2017 (11 months ago)
  • Download

    2018 Nigeria RRRP

    document
    2018 Nigeria Regional Refugee Response Plan
    Published: 8 December 2017 (6 months ago)
    Uploaded: 8 December 2017 (6 months ago)
  • Download

    Regional Protection Strategic Framework January 2017 - December 2018

    document
    Responding to the protection crisis in the Lake Chad Basin
    Published: 19 May 2017 (1 year ago)
    Uploaded: 23 May 2017 (1 year ago)
  • Download

    Déclaration d'action d'Abuja

    document
    Déclaration d'action d'Abuja
    Published: 22 June 2016 (1 year ago)
    Uploaded: 15 June 2017 (1 year ago)
  • Download

    UNHCR: The Abuja Action Statement on Protection in the Lake Chad Basin - one year on

    document
    Report
    Published: 9 August 2017 (10 months ago)
    Uploaded: 9 August 2017 (10 months ago)
  • Download

    RMMS: Mixed Migration Monitoring Mechanism Initiative West Africa Data - June 2017

    document
    4Mi
    Published: 24 July 2017 (10 months ago)
    Uploaded: 1 August 2017 (10 months ago)
  • Download

    Lake Chad Basin: Crisis Update No. 17 (11 July 2017)

    document
    Lake Chad Basin: Crisis Update No. 17 (11 July 2017)
    Published: 11 July 2017 (11 months ago)
    Uploaded: 13 July 2017 (11 months ago)
  • Download

    UNHCR Niger Communiqué de presse

    document
    Le HCR ouvre un bureau à Agadez, sur la route des flux migratoires
    Published: 3 May 2017 (1 year ago)
    Uploaded: 3 May 2017 (1 year ago)
  • Download

    UNHCR Niger Press Release

    document
    UNHCR opens a new office in Agadez, on the route of the mixed migration flows
    Published: 3 May 2017 (1 year ago)
    Uploaded: 3 May 2017 (1 year ago)
  • Download

    UNHCR Niger: Statistiques des réfugiés maliens au 31 octobre 2017

    document
    Statistiques
    Published: 31 October 2017 (7 months ago)
    Uploaded: 20 November 2017 (7 months ago)
  • Download

    UNHCR Nigeria Situation Funding Update 02 October 2017

    document
    Funding
    Published: 2 October 2017 (8 months ago)
    Uploaded: 4 October 2017 (8 months ago)
  • Download

    RMMS: Mixed Migration Monitoring Mechanism Initiative West Africa Data - July2017

    document
    Report
    Published: 30 August 2017 (9 months ago)
    Uploaded: 30 August 2017 (9 months ago)
  • Download

    UNOWAS E-magazine N.3 (ENG/FR)

    document
    E-magazine
    Published: 31 July 2017 (10 months ago)
    Uploaded: 8 August 2017 (10 months ago)
  • Download

    RMMS: Monthly Mixed Migration Summary June 2017

    document
    Summary
    Published: 31 July 2017 (10 months ago)
    Uploaded: 1 August 2017 (10 months ago)
  • Who's Doing What Where? XLSX 
       Situations related to this country
    • Niger - Mali Situation

      Following violence, hostilities, human rights violations and a rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation in the northern part of Mali since January 2012, large numbers of Malians have been seeking refuge in Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Niger or displaced internally.

    • Niger - Nigeria Situation

      Northern Nigeria’s conflict with Boko Haram spilled over to the Lake Chad Basin region, where Nigerian refugees are hosted since 2014, causing large scale forced displacement and an unprecedented humanitarian emergency in Cameroon, Chad and Niger.

    • Niger - Stateless in West Africa

      According to UNHCR estimates, statelessness affects up to 10 million people worldwide, over 1 million of which are in West Africa. There are many factors contributing to the risk of statelessness in the region, which suggest that the population at risk is very large.


    Loading 2018 NGA RRRP Q1 NER dashboard

    ["featuredDocuments",{"title_language_ar":"","title_language_en":"2018 NGA RRRP Q1 NER dashboard","title_language_es":"","title_language_fr":"RRRP Nig\u00e9ria 2018 - Rapport premier trimestre Niger","subtitle_language_ar":"","subtitle_language_en":"","subtitle_language_es":"","subtitle_language_fr":"","order":"","document":"63488","async":"1","type":"country","widget_id":73695,"position":"right","locale":"en","title":"2018 NGA RRRP Q1 NER dashboard","subtitle":"","country":{},"geo_id":697,"sv_id":0}]
      News
    ...

    Niger: feu vert au déploiement de drones tueurs américains

    RFI, 05 Nov 2017

    Des drones tueurs seront bientôt opérationnels au Niger. Depuis la mort de quatre bérets verts américains, près de la frontière malienne, le Niger et les Etats-Unis réfléchissent aux moyens appropriés pour faire payer aux islamistes leur audace. Le gouvernement nigérien vient de donner son feu vert ... Read more

    ...

    US special forces 'fought Niger ambush alone after local troops fled'

    THEGUARDIAN, 04 Nov 2017

    The US special forces detachment ambushed in the Niger last month fought alone for hours after the local Nigerien forces they were accompanying fled in the first minutes of the engagement, retired and serving special forces officers with knowledge of events have said. The trapped soldiers also ma... Read more

    ...

    A month on, U.S., Niger still disagree on what happened on fatal mission

    REUTERS, 03 Nov 2017

    NIAMEY/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A month after an Islamist ambush in Niger killed eight U.S. and Nigerien troops, the two sides’ officials still cannot agree on the sequence of events leading to the incident or even, possibly more importantly, on the nature of the mission itself. Read more

      Links
    ACAPS
    Crisis Analysis
    Kora - Voices of Refugees in West and Central Africa
    La Banque Mondiale
    Données
    Le Blog de l'UNHCR Niger
    Les derniers evenements humanitaires au Niger
    Nigeria Emergency
    Emergency
    Oslo Humanitarian Conference on Nigeria and the Lake Chad Region
    Humanitarian Conference
    The World Bank
    Data
    UNHCR West Africa
    Facebook page of UNHCR West Africa
    UNHCR West Africa Statelessness
    Facebook page of UNHCR West Africa Statelessness
    WFP
    WFP in Niger
      Niger
    Worldbank country facts
    Capital
    Niamey
    Languages
    fr
    Population
    19,899,000
    Area
    N/A
    GDP
    N/A
    GDP growth
    N/A
    Income level
    N/A
    Gini index
    34.6
    Currency
    XOF
    Literacy rate
    N/A