Number Of IDPs Increased In Past Year By One Million - Refugee Commission

Number of IDPs Increased in Past Year By One Million – Refugee Commission

Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, the federal commissioner for the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) says the humanitarian crisis in Nigeria has displaced not less than one million persons within the past year.

Sulaiman-Ibrahim made this known on Monday, when she appeared before the house of representatives committee on internally displaced persons (IDPs).

He said: “Due to the current unprecedented humanitarian crisis in Nigeria and the alarming growth rate of displacement, the number of IDPs has increased in the past one year by about one million, causing the number of displaced persons in Nigeria to rise to a frightening three million,”

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“Nigeria is also a host to about 73,000 refugees from 23 countries, with over 500,000 Nigerians awaiting repatriation from Chad, Cameroon, Cameroon, Libya and other countries.”