The Boko Haram conflict affecting the Lake Chad Basin area, particularly in northeast Nigeria, has resulted in large scale displacement and a significant protection crisis.

In Nigeria alone, over 2.2 million people are internally displaced, including many living in temporary sites without basic services, where conditions fail to meet the most basic standards.

These numbers continue to grow. The leading agency for emergency response in Nigeria, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) have been on the ground addressing the needs of the displaced from the onset. International agencies, including the International Organization for Migration (IOM) are supporting the Government’s response.

IOM has so far provided humanitarian support to nearly 325,000 people in northeast Nigeria through provision of non-food items, shelter, psychological first aid, camp coordination and camp management (CCCM) and training to meet SPHERE minimum standards in humanitarian relief. Additionally, significant resources have been mobilized over the past 18 months with steps taken by IOM to deploy additional technical experts in the area of shelter, camp management and displacement tracking.

To ensure a well-managed distribution of non-food items (NFIs), IOM first conducts a head count with the assistance of local authorities. Vouchers are then handed methodically to heads of households, which facilitates a smooth and orderly disbursement of items.

IOM is reinforcing its response and coordination capacities in Nigeria to address the escalating humanitarian needs. However, significantly more financial support is needed to continue to provide shelter, displacement tracking and bio-metric registration,camp management and psycho-social help for people affected by the crisis.

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