Cameroonian refugees in Nigeria pass 70,000 mark - UNHCR

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Nearly 80 per cent of the refugees are said to be women and children.

According to the agency, the refugees are those who were displaced by violence in the English-speaking part of North-west and South-west regions of Cameroon during a conflict between secessionist non-state armed groups since 2017.

Mr Kapaya said: “This is not just a number, these are people behind these numbers, mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters, people just like you and I, that have been forced to flee their homes to seek safety and save their lives, 70,000 refugees are 70,000 daughters and sons. Cameroon, a bilingual country of both French and English as its official languages, has over the years been plagued with crises following claims by the Anglophone region of being marginalised by the Francophone side that makes up around 80 per cent of the country’s population.

 

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