FG to repatriate 20,000 Nigerians from Chad, Cameroon

The government said 6,000 people would be brought from Chad while 14,000 would be brought from Cameroon in the next two months.Last year, 5000 Nigerian refugees were voluntarily repatriated from Cameroon to Banki in Borno state by the federal government.

Ahmed said: “In the year 2023, the commission spearheaded the repatriation of 5,000 people living in Cameroon to the country. “We are looking at returning 3000 households from Chad, which is about 6,000 people would be repatriated from Chad to Nigeria. For Cameroon, we have about 14,000 people but we will profile them because we don’t have to force anybody to return. Arrangements are underway to get them back. Within the next two months, we should have concluded the arrangement on repatriation.”

“In 2002, we had a very serious flood that made some Nigerians leave the country, some left for Chad, Cameroon and other places. The Boko Haram crisis, farmers-herders clashes, and climate change were contributory factors to the displacement. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees , Deputy Representative , Bernadette Muteshi commended the federal government for taking the lead in the repatriation exercise.

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