Thousands of people have fled Cameroon’s violence-hit anglophone regions into neighboring Nigeria in recent weeks, the UN says, promising to help 40,000 refugees escape from the unrest.
“We are preparing to help up to 40,0000,” UNHCR spokesman Babar Baloch tells AFP, stressing though that the number of people fleeing into Nigeria could easily surpass that figure.
The UN refugee agency and Nigerian authorities have so far registered some 2,000 Cameroonians who have fled into southeastern Nigeria since October 1, while another 3,000 were awaiting registration. Even more people are believed to be trapped in forests on the Cameroonian side.
French-speaking Cameroon has a large anglophone minority which comprises around a fifth of its population of 22 million.
— AFP
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