Safety and Access to Basic Needs Preoccupy Displaced Families Willing to Return Home - ICRC

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Umar Idris Shuaibu - Kano
The Vice President, International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, Gilles Carbonnier says uncertainty of safety and access to basic needs preoccupy displaced families willing to return home following the decision to close camps for internally displaced people by authorities in Borno state.

Carbonnier, who stated this during a visit to Maiduguri and Bama in the state, said many of the displaced families had already been displaced multiple times and have lost their belongings and livelihood.

In a press statement signed by the Public Relations Officer, ICRC Abuja, Aliyu Dawobe, the Vice President said the top priority of ICRC, as it has always been, is to support communities in rebuilding their lives and helping them establish dignified livelihood.

He however said additional movement of population could exacerbate vulnerabilities for thousands of families and increase humanitarian needs in the area.

Gilles Carbonnier in the press statement also said that ICRC is preoccupied not to be able to access all areas designated for return due to the volatile security in the region.

However, he said the ICRC in collaboration with the Nigerian Red Cross Society, NRCS remains fully committed to assisting the displaced and is now focussing on people moving from the closed camps to host communities in the greater Maiduguri area or to accessible outreach locations.

He added that they support communities with sustainable livelihood opportunities and help displaced people trace missing family members.

The statement said according to the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa, the Kampala Convention, ratified by Nigeria in 2012, States have the primary duty to protect and assist displaced people.

The ICRC then called on all parties to the conflict to protect human life and dignity.

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