The United Nations (UN) high commissioner for Refugees, Filipo Grandi, has said that Cameroon has expelled 517 Nigerians, including 313 asylum seekers, who fled the insurgency by militant Islamist group, Boko Haram.
According to Ceoafrica, UNHCR said it was "very concerned" about the expulsions and it urged Cameroon to offer asylum and respect international conventions against the forced repatriation of asylum seekers.
The UN body said it planned to sign an agreement with Cameroon and Nigeria on 2nd of March for the voluntary return of 85,000 Nigerian refugees.
It was gathered that a similar crisis has developed in East Africa, where Kenya's government has been trying to close down the Dadaab refugee camp and forcibly repatriate Somalis who fled the insurgency by militant Islamist group al-Shabab.
On 9th of February, a Kenyan court blocked the plan to close the camp, saying it amounted to "group persecution".
