NIGERIA / CAMEROONIAN REFUGEES

Fleeing Cameroon’s conflict, Susan Agbo, an elderly refugee, found shelter, solace and support from Lucia, a Nigerian widow who opened her home to Susan and her eight grandchildren. Majority of the 36,000 people who have fled Cameroon's conflict and crossed into Nigeria are living in host communities where their Nigerian hosts have shown solidarity with them. UNHCR

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:33
• Production Date: 24 June 2019
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES - UNHCR
• Subject Topical: CONFLICT SITUATION; REFUGEES
• Geographic Subject: CAMEROON
• MAMS Id: 2412396
• Parent Id: 2412396
• Alternate Title: unifeed190624b

Description

STORY: NIGERIA / CAMEROONIAN REFUGEES
TRT: 2:33
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS

DATELINE: 4-5 APRIL 2019, AGBOKIM, ADAGOM/OKENDE REFUGEE SETTLEMENT, NIGERIA

Shotlist

4 APRIL 2019, AGBOKIM, NIGERIA

1. Various shots, Susan with her grandchildren at Lucia’s house
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Susan Agbo, Cameroonian refugee:
“The time I came to Nigeria, I was staying with people. From two weeks here, I left this compound to another one, I stayed there for one month. I left the compound to another side, I stayed for another one month or two weeks before I came here.”
3. Med shot, Lucia and Susan working inside house
4. Close up, Lucia
5. Med shot, Lucia and Susan talking
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Lucia Ikuru, Nigerian host:
“Anything I get, small, I give her.”
7. Various of Susan and her grandchildren doing chores outside her house
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Susan Agbo, Cameroonian refugee:
“When she cooks, she feeds my grandchildren, I am happy.”
9. Med shot, Susan with her grandchildren
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Lucia Ikuru, Nigerian host:
“If this woman goes and stays somewhere else and something happens to her there, I won’t feel happy. I’m happy now, I have her here with me.”

5 APRIL 2019, ADAGOM SETTLEMENT, NIGERA

11. Wide shot, displaced Cameroonians inside a tented hall
12. Wide shot, displaced Cameroonians seated on the ground

5 APRIL 2019, OKENDE SETTLEMENT, NIGERIA

13. Pan right, food container carried by a Cameroonian refugee
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Josiah Flomo, Head of Office in Ogoja, UNHCR:
“UNHCR has provided assistance to both refugees in the settlements and also in the host community.”
15. Close up, girl collecting water at a water point
16. Wide shot, group of people at a water point
17. Wide shot queue at a water point

Storyline

Fleeing Cameroon’s conflict, Susan Agbo, an elderly refugee, found shelter, solace and support from Lucia, a Nigerian widow who opened her home to Susan and her eight grandchildren.

SOUNDBITE (English) Susan Agbo, Cameroonian refugee:
“The time I came to Nigeria, I was staying with people. From two weeks here, I left this compound to another one, I stayed there for one month. I left the compound to another side, I stayed for another one month or two weeks before I came here.”

Lucia, a Nigerian woman offered a helping hand.

SOUNDBITE (English) Lucia Ikuru, Nigerian host:
“Anything I get, small, I give her.”

Susan has lived here for over a year now, with her grandchildren and other refugees.

SOUNDBITE (English) Lucia Ikuru, Nigerian host:
“If this woman goes and stays somewhere else and something happens to her there, I won’t feel happy. I’m happy now, I have her here with me.”

Escalating conflict in Cameroon’s Northwest and Southwest regions has displaced over 437,000 people within the country and over 36,000 more outside the country. Many who have crossed into neighbouring Nigeria fled with very little belongings and are receiving support from their Nigerian hosts.

Majority of the 36,000 people who have fled Cameroon's conflict and crossed into Nigeria are living in hosting communities where their Nigerian hosts have shown solidarity with them.