West and Central Africa — Lake Chad Basin Crisis Monthly Dashboard 12 (22 July 2019)

The crisis currently affecting the Lake Chad Basin states results from a complex combination of factors, including conflict with Non-State Armed Groups, extreme poverty, underdevelopment and a changing climate, which together have triggered significant displacement of populations. As of 17 June 2019, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria were hosting an estimated 4,582,379 affected individuals made up of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), Refugees (both in- and out-of-camp), Returnees (Former IDPs and Returnees from abroad) and Third Country Nationals (TCNs). Eighty per cent of the affected population (representing 3,662,832 individuals) were located in Nigeria, while ten per cent resided in Cameroon (475,817 individuals), five per cent in Niger (248,887 individuals) and four per cent in Chad (194,843 individuals).