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By Beloved John, Staff Writer

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The Borno state governor Babagana Zulum  has called for the return of over 200,000 refugees from his state who are in neighbouring countries.

Mr Zulum made this indication during a stakeholders’ implementation meeting on the Global Compact of Refugees in Abuja.

The event was organised by the Ministry of Humanitarian and Disaster Management Affairs in collaboration with the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR).

According to Zulum his government is keen that refugees from Borno in neighbouring countries like Cameroon, Republic of Niger and Chad be brought back home.

“We need to follow up commitments with action, which is very important. One of the importance of this Global Compact of Refugees is to support citizens of countries of origin for the return of refugees back to their home country,

“I am of the view that we should first look at how we can help to support Nigerians who are taking refuge in another country, especially those who are living in the neighbouring Niger Republic as well as the Republic of Cameroon who have been agitating in the past.

“UNHCR and the Government of Nigeria continue to record hundreds of new arrivals every month. These refugees are hosted predominantly in the South-South in the states of Cross River, Benue and Taraba.

The country also hosts some 4,300 urban refugees and asylum seekers living in various urban centres in Nigeria mainly from the DRC, CAR, Cameron, Syria, Turkey, Mali, Cote D’Ivoire and others.

“Despite a significant scale-up of humanitarian response since 2016, more and more Internally Displaced Persons have been forced to leave their homes with over two Million internally displaced while another 300,000 Nigerians displaced externally and have sought refuge in the neighbouring Lake Chad Basin countries of Cameroon, Chad and Niger,” he said.

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Writer and reporter-researcher, John Beloved is a self-motivated and creative Journalist with a commitment to quality writing and investigation. She accumulatedher professional skills and experience working for over 3 years as a content creatior and communication management. She holds a B.Sc. Education (Political Science) from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria.

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