Nigeria

UNHCR's Nigeria strategy focuses on collective impact, sustainable solutions, and protection for displaced persons amidst protracted crises and communal conflicts.

 

US $111.2 million

are urgently needed from January to December 2025

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woman and kids have received items like buckets, kitchen set, mats and covers
Cameroonian refugee family receive relief supplies including blankets, bucket, kitchen set and mat to help improve their living standard in Ukende refugee settlement. © UNHCR/Lucy Agiende
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Northern Nigeria’s conflict with Boko Haram spilled over to the Lake Chad Basin region, where Nigerian refugees are hosted since 2014, causing large scale forced displacement and an unprecedented humanitarian emergency in Cameroon, Chad and Niger.

Since 2011, UNHCR has facilitated the voluntary return in safety and dignity of over 111,000 Ivorian refugees and about 200,000 returned spontaneously.

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Populations

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Nigeria | 2025
Total3.1 millionRefugees | 5%Asylum-seekersReturned refugees | 1%IDPs | 89%Returned IDPs | 4%Stateless

Note: The "Stateless" category does not include stateless people who are also in other categories, to avoid double counting. The total number of stateless, across all categories, is .

NB: 2025 figures are planning figures.

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder for years until 2022, UNHCR planning figures (COMPASS) otherwise.

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Financials

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Budget information for the current year is updated monthly, while budget and expenditure information for all other years are final.

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