West and Central Africa — Lake Chad Basin Crisis Monthly Dashboard 66 (July 2024)

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Contact
RO Dakar, RODakar-DataResearch@iom.int
Language
English
Location
Period Covered
Jul 01 2024
Jul 31 2024
Activity
  • Mobility Tracking

As of July 2024, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria were hosting an estimated 6,068,685 affected individuals made up of internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (former IDPs and returnees from abroad) and refugees (both in- and out-of-camp). Thirteen per cent of the affected population (777,656  individuals) were located in Cameroon, while 5 per cent resided in Chad (295,742 individuals), 9 per cent in Niger (558,416 individuals) and finally, 74 per cent in Nigeria (4,436,871 individuals). Overall, the numbers show a sharp increase in returnees from abroad (+45%) and sight decreases in IDPs (-1%), returnees former IDPs (-5%) and refugees (-1%) since December 2023.