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CLEMENT IDOKO writes on the burden of managing the rising cases of refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Nigeria by the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), as the Commission, with tremendous support from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and other stakeholders, are working hard to ensure safe and secure voluntary repatriation of 4,982 from Cameroon tomorrow, February 27, 2021.
Available records obtained from the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) indicated that as of September, 2020, Nigeria was playing host to about 65,000 Cameroonian refugees, while the figures of Nigerian refugees in Cameroon was 116,409, Chad, 15,621 and Niger, 167,588.
NCFRMI/UNHCR and Task of managing Refugees in Nigeria
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By Agidike Abdul Onu
The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) was originally established as National Commission for Refugees by Decree 52 of 1989, now Cap. 21, Laws of the Federation, 2004. This was in fulfilment of the Federal Government’s obligation under Resolution 319(IV) of the General Assembly of the United Nations and Article 35 of the United Nations 1951 Convention.
Article 1a(2) of the 1951 Convention describes the term “refugee” as any person who as a result of events occurring and owing to well founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or owing to such fear is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country: or who not having a nationality and being outside the country of his former habitual resi
Refugee Commission meets Cameroonian Officials over President Buhari’s Repatriation Directives
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By Tordue Salem – Abuja
The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons(NCFRMI), has held talks with Cameroonian authorities for the safe return of refugees to the Nigeria.
The Honourable Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), Senator Basheer Garba Mohammed (Lado) met with the officials of the Cameroonian government and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Maroua, Cameroon, over the weekend.
The meeting, which is a follow-up of meetings in 2017 initiated by the then commissioner and now minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouk, also led to the successful return of 134 Nigerians from Cameroon.