Over the past six weeks more than 12,000 people have fled to neighboring Niger after escaping continuing violence in northeastern Nigeria. The refugees have crossed the border into Diffa, a remote region in the far east of Niger.
Over the past six weeks more than 12,000 people have fled to neighboring Niger after escaping continuing violence in northeastern Nigeria. The refugees have crossed the border into Diffa, a remote region in the far east of Niger. They have joined some 40,000 refugees already in the region. Newly arrived refugees interviewed by IRC staff members have spoken of atrocities on the shore of Lake Chad in Nigeria's Borno state.