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Problems for Cameroonians seeking refuge in Nigeria

The UN says that forty thousand Cameroonians are trying to find safety in neighbouring Nigeria, following a bloody conflict in the country's English-speaking region. But finding shelter in a refugee camp is just the beginning of new challenges, as the incoming flow of people is straining the available resources.

(Image: A Cameroonian refugee tries to knit cloth in a house, where hundreds are being sheltered at Bashu in Boki district of Cross Rivers State in southeast Nigeria. Credit: PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images)

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