34,000 Cameroonian refugees in C/River SEMA
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the cross river state emergency management agency sema on friday said that over 34000 cameroonians were currently taking refuge in six local government areas of the state1 mr john inaku the director general of sema in the state disclosed this in an interview with the news agency of nigeria nan in calabar1 inaku said that the inflow was as the result of the crisis in cameroon over the demand for ambazonia republic by the southern cameroonians1 inaku told nan that the asylum seekers were currently taking refuge in obudu boki ikom etung akamkpa and obanliku local government areas of the state1 so far we have 34000 cameroonian asylum seekers spread across six local government areas in cross river1 about 21000 of them have been documented by the united nations high commission on refugees and the national commission for refugees1 as an agency we go into the interior areas that have not been accessed by these organisations and holistically we have 34000 of them already on ground he said1 the director general told nan that the state government was doing its best in providing succour to the refugees adding that the increasing number was too heavy for the state government alone to handle1 he however appealed to the national emergency management agency nema corporate organisations and other humanitarian agencies to offer their support to the refugees1