Nigeria: Cameroonian Refugees Seeking Asylum in Nigeria Hit 20,000, Says UNHCR

Maiduguri — The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said that Camerounians seeking asylum in Nigeria has hit 20, 000 without humanitarian support for survival.

Announcing the increase yesterday in Geneva, Spokesman of UNHCR, Alkaterini Kitidi in a statement warned that refugees' struggle for survival will be increasingly desperate.

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