Internally displaced persons camps in Borno

An IDP camp outside Maiduguri from 2018, where internally displaced people come to escape harassment from the Boko Haram insurgency.

Internally displaced person camps in Borno State, Nigeria were centers accommodating Nigerians who had been forced to flee their homes but remain within the country's borders. Displaced persons camps in Maiduguri accommodated from 120,000 to 130,000 people, while those in local government areas ranged above 400,000.[1] There were over two million displaced persons in the state.[2] Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) suggested the figure of internally displaced persons in the state to be 1,434,149, the highest in Northern Nigeria.[3]

2016

Millions of people became homeless as a result of the jihadist terrorist group Boko Haram's insurgency, which centres on Borno and began in 2009.[4] Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps remained 32 in Borno, 16 of which were located in Maiduguri, while 16 were in local government areas.[1]

2017

Kashim Shettima, the state's governor, said in October 2016 that all IDP camps in the state would be closed down by 29 May 2017 because "it is becoming a problem on their own."[2][5]

In January, the Air Force mistakenly bombed an IDP camp in Rann. In March, Boko Haram bombed an IDP camp in Maiduguri.

2024

As of July 2024, 215 IDP camps plus 473 host-community sites are still active in Borno. The state government has closed or partially closed 17 camps, with a stated target of closing all official camps  and said all official camps by 2027.[6]

Healthcare services in an African IDP Camps

References

  1. 1 2 "Borno still has 32 IDP camps despite return of some displaced persons – NEMA". Premium Times. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Borno to close all IDP camps - Vanguard News". Vanguard. Lagos, Nigeria. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "State of IDP camps in Nigeria". The Authority. Abuja, Nigeria. Archived from the original on 18 June 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "BORNO Food crisis, malnutrition, prostitution rock IDPs camp - Vanguard News". Vanguard. Lagos, Nigeria. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  5. ↑ www.premiumtimesng.com https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/nnorth-east/212593-gov-shettima-close-idp-camps-borno-may-2017.html?tztc=1. Retrieved 9 July 2026. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ "An update on camp closures in Borno State (CCCM, Shelter/NFI Sector) - Nigeria". ReliefWeb. Archived from the original on 10 March 2026. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
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