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ECHO Factsheet – Cameroon – January 2017

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Key messages

  • Cameroon is hosting around 359 000 refugees. Approximatively 59 000 of them are Nigerian refugees fleeing Boko Haram violence and living in the Minawao camp, and 274 000 are from Central African Republic (CAR). In addition, some 182 000 persons are internally displaced (IDPs) in the Far North region because of the conflict, an increase of 15% since April 2016.

  • 180 000 people are in need of immediate food assistance in the Far North region, and in some areas of this remote part of the country, Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) levels exceed the 2% emergency threshold.

  • The number of children forecast to suffer from Severe Acute Malnutrition in 2017 is 63 000, 31 000 of whom in the Far North Region.

  • Refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR) living in the East and North regions are still entirely relying on the humanitarian assistance to cover their basic needs.

  • The European Commission has substantially increased its humanitarian support. The €11 million initial allocation for Cameroun at the start of 2016 were increased through the year to adapt to the existing needs, totalling €25.2 million in December 2016.

  • With European Commission humanitarian funding emergency assistance is provided to IDPs, refugees and host populations in terms of shelter, food, safe drinking water and sanitation, primary healthcare, support to livelihoods and protection. Furthermore, the acute food and nutrition insecurity of the most vulnerable population is addressed.

  • The provision of humanitarian assistance remains crucial and should be associated to the design of more sustainable strategies of response, to improve livelihoods and self-reliance of refugees. In parallel, properly linking humanitarian assistance to development actions is of paramount importance so as to build the resilience of vulnerable populations.