UNHCR deplores forced refugee returns from Cameroon

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is extremely alarmed by reports of the forced return by Cameroon this week of several thousand refugees into violence-affected Borno State in northeast Nigeria. This follows the forced return of 267 Nigerian refugees on 16 January. They had crossed into Cameroon in 2014. We are gravely concerned for the safety and well-being of all these people. An estimated 9,000 Nigerians fled across the border into Cameroon earlier in the week after militants attacked and rans...