W. Africa: refugee disaster
A report by IRIN (originally the Integrated Regional Information Networks), published on 2 November and based on visits to Nigeria’s NE region which the military has retaken from the Boko Haram insurgency, reveals an unprecedented humanitarian disaster in the Lake Chad Basin region.
World Watch Monitor
Syrian refugees who have the means head for their country of choice, armies of aid workers and volunteers helping them along the way. But in West Africa, Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram have relatively little help and find refuge where they can, IRIN says in its report. ‘Fleeing Boko Haram: nowhere to run, nowhere to hide.’
