UNHCR: About 7 Million West Africans Forcefully Displaced
Nigeria and Burkina Faso host the largest population if displaced people, with 3,578,996 and 2,062,534 respectively with Niger currently accommodating the largest refugee population, totalling 325,419 individuals.
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has emphasized the need for the protection of refugee, lamenting that no fewer than 6,976,470 million persons have been forcibly displaced due to conflicts and violence within the ECOWAS sub-region.
The United Nations Refugee Agency, noted that of the total displaced persons, 624,124 are listed refugees seeking asylum.
Also included in the figure is 6,352,346 internally displaced persons (IDPs).
UNHCR: About 7 Million West Africans Forcefully Displaced
Nigeria and Burkina Faso host the largest population if displaced people, with 3,578,996 and 2,062,534 respectively with Niger currently accommodating the largest refugee population, totalling 325,419 individuals.
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has emphasized the need for the protection of refugee, lamenting that no fewer than 6,976,470 million persons have been forcibly displaced due to conflicts and violence within the ECOWAS sub-region.
The United Nations Refugee Agency, noted that of the total displaced persons, 624,124 are listed refugees seeking asylum.
Also included in the figure is 6,352,346 internally displaced persons (IDPs).
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