At least 8,521 Nigerians sought refuge in Niger, Cameroon and Chad between December 2025 and May 2026 as a result of insecurity in the North-West and the North-East, Sunday PUNCH reports.
This is according to an analysis of data from the UNHCR Nigeria Forcibly Displaced Populations dashboard, obtained by our correspondent for the six-month period.
The data, produced jointly by the UN refugee agency, the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, the Nigeria Immigration Service and the International Organisation for Migration’s Displacement Tracking Matrix, shows a net increase of refugees across Niger, Cameroon and Chad between the period reviewed.
It brings the registered Nigerian refugee population in the three countries to 416,184.
Niger Republic alone, which shares a long and porous border with terror-hit North-West states of Sokoto, Zamfara and Katsina, recorded the sharpest surge, with its refugee count rising from 258,359 in December 2025 to 268,967
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