International Protection Considerations with regard to people fleeing northeastern Nigeria (the states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa)

Document source:

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Date:
29 October 2013

In this section

Title

International Protection Considerations with regard to people fleeing northeastern Nigeria (the states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa)

Document source

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Date

29 October 2013

Document type

Country/Situation Specific Policy & Guidance

Collection

Policy & Guidance

Country

Cameroon

Niger (the)

Chad

Nigeria

Keywords

1951 Refugee Convention

1969 OAU Convention

Civilian character of asylum

Deportation / Forcible return

Exclusion clauses

Generalized violence

Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA)

International protection

Protected persons

Internally displaced persons (IDPs)

Comments:

This paper has been superseded and replaced by UNHCR's October 2014 International Protection Considerations with regard to people fleeing northeastern Nigeria (the states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa) and surrounding region – Update I

Disclaimer: © UNHCR