Amid the chaos resulting from attacks by Boko Haram in Nigeria and the political crisis in Central Africa, it has been revealed, by the ad hoc inter-ministerial committee dealing with emergency situations, that more than 300,000 refugees from both countries have set camp in Cameroon, considering it being the nearest and safest choice.

The largest part of this mass exodus comes from Central Africa with more than 250, 000 Central-African installed in the Eastern regions, against about 51,000 Nigerian refugees running from deadly activities of the Boko Haram Islamic group. This group also caused about 100,000 Cameroonian to move from their hometowns to flee the attacks.

Overall, about 400, 000 people are actually taken care of by the Cameroonian government and international organizations such as the HCR. But according to NGOs, the living conditions in these refugees’ camps are poor, despite the international aid.