High profile supporters of United Nation’s High Commission for Refugees, (UNHCR) from Dubai , United Arab Emirates have urged Nigerians, to support refugees and IDPs in Nigeria with what they can, through education, and any form of empowerment .
They believe it will provide a better future for children in camps .
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This was disclosed at a meeting, with digital influencers in Abuja .
Nigerians continue to face a complex humanitarian situation, as conflicts and insecurity, have left more than two million people internally displaced in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states.
More than three hundred and thirty thousand Nigerians ,have become refugees in neighboring countries, like Cameron ,Chad and Niger.
Over two million people have become internally displaced due to insecurity from Northeast.
Some have returned back to Nigeria with no place to stay and their only option has been to join the teeming population in the IDP camps .
A report by UNHCR shows that; seventy seven thousand, Cameroonian refugees live in Nigeria with forty percent of them living in refugee settlements in cross river , Benue, Taraba, and Akwa Ibom states .
A team of UNHCR high profile supporters are visiting Nigeria , to raise awareness and support for refugees and Idps through meetings with digital influencers who could use their platforms in the FCT.
They paid visits to refugee and idp camps to assess the situation for themselves .
