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Saudi- Intensifying Nigeria unrest sends 7300 fleeing to Chad: UN
(MENAFN- Arab News) GENEVA: A spike in Boko Haram attacks in northeastern Nigeria has sent some 7300 people fleeing to neighboring Chad in a matter of days the UN refugee agency said on Friday.
Members of the armed movement on Saturday captured the town of Baga in Borno state.
The town lies close to Lake Chad where the borders of Nigeria Chad Niger and Cameroon converge and the town has been attacked by the group before. Boko Haram went on to destroy at least 16 towns and villages on Wednesday in the remote north of Borno state.
'In western Chad some 7300 Nigerian refugees have arrived in the past 10 days fleeing attacks by insurgents on Baga town and surrounding villages' Adrian Edwards spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) told reporters in Geneva.
'With the recent influxes Chad is now hosting over 10000 refugees' Edwards said adding that the government has requested assistance from aid agencies.
Chadian authorities has asked UNHCR to help relocate more than 1000 refugees reportedly stranded on an island in Lake Chad he added.
Boko Haram which has declared a 'caliphate' in zones it controls in northeast Nigeria has become increasingly active across the borders of Cameroon and Niger.
Edwards said the conflict in northeastern Nigeria has led to an exodus of about 135000 people including 35000 who have sought refuge in Cameroon and 10000 in Chad.
Members of the armed movement on Saturday captured the town of Baga in Borno state.
The town lies close to Lake Chad where the borders of Nigeria Chad Niger and Cameroon converge and the town has been attacked by the group before. Boko Haram went on to destroy at least 16 towns and villages on Wednesday in the remote north of Borno state.
'In western Chad some 7300 Nigerian refugees have arrived in the past 10 days fleeing attacks by insurgents on Baga town and surrounding villages' Adrian Edwards spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) told reporters in Geneva.
'With the recent influxes Chad is now hosting over 10000 refugees' Edwards said adding that the government has requested assistance from aid agencies.
Chadian authorities has asked UNHCR to help relocate more than 1000 refugees reportedly stranded on an island in Lake Chad he added.
Boko Haram which has declared a 'caliphate' in zones it controls in northeast Nigeria has become increasingly active across the borders of Cameroon and Niger.
Edwards said the conflict in northeastern Nigeria has led to an exodus of about 135000 people including 35000 who have sought refuge in Cameroon and 10000 in Chad.
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