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 10, 2016 Multimedia

UNHCR provides a safety net for Nigerians at lakeside camp in Chad

Refugees and host community struggle to cope after thousands cross the border in the wake of attacks by Boko Haram militants in north-eastern Nigeria.

July 8, 2016 News

More than 6,000 people flee to Chad and Cameroon to escape violence in the Central African Republic

Most new refugees are women and children, they arrived exhausted, hungry and traumatized

October 13, 2015 News

UNHCR condemns attack on displaced in western Chad, pledges continued help

47 people dead with dozens injured following the recent violence

September 28, 2015 Stories

Lake Chad: new violence, new displacement

Some 173,000 Nigerians have found refuge in the four countries bordering the Lake, fleeing repeated attacks

August 4, 2015 News

Brothers in Resilience

Separated from their parents in the Central African Republic, 12 boys pull together to create their own family in Chad.