By Kate Pond
Following a spate of Boko Haram attacks the Cameroonian authorities have expelled an estimated 3,500 Nigerians from Cameroon over the past three weeks. Many of the expelled were people who had crossed to Cameroon fleeing Boko Haram attacks on their villages in Nigeria. OCHA met some young men who had recently been expelled to Malkohi Camp, a Government-run camp in Adamawa State in northeastern Nigeria. Malkohi houses about 1,000 men, women and children in gender-segregated quarters. Over in the men’s quarters, a group of recent repatriates gathered around, each clamouring to tell his story. Many spoke of having witnessed terrible violence and suffering, and most spoke with fear and anger.
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