Cameroonian authorities forced thousands of Nigerian refugees to return back to their homeland, despite a recent agreement between the two countries on the prevention of forced deportations. About it reports Reuters.
According to the UN refugee Agency, the military of Cameroon have sent more than 2600 people against their will in North-East Nigeria, a region where there is a terrorist group “Boko Haram”.
The representative of the Commissariat Babar Beams expressed concern about such actions. According to him, it is about the arbitrariness of the army command. Illegal repatriation indicate a lack of control over military structures of the state.
Established in 2002, Boko Haram (in April 2015 she changed her name to “West African province of the Islamic state”) operates mainly in the territory of Nigeria. Supporters of the organization in favor of the introduction in the country of Sharia law and are fighting against Western influence. Over the past eight years, the militants killed about 15 thousand people, more than two million were forced to leave their homes.
The activities of the “Islamic state” is prohibited in Russia.