Cross River is home to 52,000 refugees – Commission
Dec. 7, 2023 The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) has disclosed that Cross River is presently home to 52,000 refugees. Mr. Innocent Efoghe, South South…
No ‘sea of death’: Pope calls for pan-European action on migration
September 23, 2023 Pope Francis on Saturday condemned “belligerent nationalisms” and called for a pan-European response to migration to stop the Mediterranean, where thousands have drowned, from becoming “the graveyard…
UN calls for urgent action as acute malnutrition threatens lives of millions of vulnerable children
January 13, 2023 United Nations agencies are calling for urgent action to protect the most vulnerable children in the 15 countries hardest hit by an unprecedented food and nutrition crisis….
WRD: UNHCR calls for support, protection of 77,000 Cameroonian refugees in Nigeria
June 20, 2022 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has called on all Nigerians to render support, protection and care for the over 77,000 Cameroonian refugees. The UN…
Two Nigerian lawyers to assist in probing rights abuses in US
The African Bar Association (AFBA) has appointed two Nigerian lawyers as Technical Advisers to the International Commission of Inquiry into alleged systemic racist police violence against people of African descent…
COVID-19: Forced displacement surpassed 80m in mid 2020 – UN
The United Nations estimates that global forced displacement surpassed 80 million at mid-year. The global number of refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) climbed above 80 million at the middle…
UNICEF kicks against nationwide closure of schools over COVID-19Â
The UN children’s agency (UNICEF) has cautioned countries fighting the Coronavirus against imposing nationwide or large-scale school closures, saying it is a wrong response that could compound the societal cost…
2020 WRD: Over 57,000 Cameroonian refugees in 4 States in Nigeria -UNHRC
Nigeria currently hosts over 57,000 Cameroonian refugees in Akwa Ibom, Benue, Cross River and Taraba states according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Mr Christopher Mubanga,…
States pledge over $3 billion for refugees – U.N
States have pledged more than $3 billion to support refugees and about 50,000 resettlement places, the United Nations refugee agency said on Wednesday at the end of a ministerial conference….
WRD: C/River hosts 75% of over 36,000 Cameroonian refugees in Nigeria -UNHCR
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has said that Cross River alone was hosting 75 per cent of the over 36,000 Cameroonian refugees in Nigeria. Head of UNHCR…