Cameroon

===Refugees===

{{Main|Refugees in Cameroon}}

In 2007, Cameroon hosted approximately 97,400 refugees and asylum seekers. Of these, 49,300 were from the Central African Republic (many driven west by war),<ref name=RCross/> 41,600 from [[Chad]], and 2,900 from [[Nigeria]].<ref name="World Refugee Survey 2008">{{cite news|title=World Refugee Survey 2008|publisher=U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants|date=19 June 2008|url=http://www.refugees.org/survey/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002225617/http://www.refugees.org/survey/|archive-date=2 October 2008}}</ref> Kidnappings of Cameroonian citizens by Central African bandits have increased since 2005.<ref name="Musa Gunmen"/>

In the first months of 2014, thousands of refugees fleeing the violence in the [[Central African Republic]] arrived in Cameroon.<ref>
{{cite news
| title = Cameroon: Location of Refugees and Main Entry Points (as of 02 May 2014) – Cameroon
| work = [[ReliefWeb]]
| access-date = 8 June 2014
| url = http://reliefweb.int/map/cameroon/cameroon-location-refugees-and-main-entry-points-02-may-2014
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714220137/http://reliefweb.int/map/cameroon/cameroon-location-refugees-and-main-entry-points-02-may-2014
| archive-date = 14 July 2014
}}
</ref>

On 4 June 2014, AlertNet reported:
{{blockquote|
Almost 90,000 people have fled to neighbouring Cameroon since December and up to 2,000 a week, mostly women and children, are still crossing the border, the United Nations said.

"Women and children are arriving in Cameroon in a shocking state, after weeks, sometimes months, on the road, foraging for food," said [[Ertharin Cousin]], executive director of the [[World Food Programme]] (WFP).<ref>
{{cite web
| last = Nguyen
| first = Katie
| title = Cameroon: Starving, Exhausted CAR Refugees Stream Into Cameroon – UN
| work = allAfrica.com
| access-date = 8 June 2014
| date = 4 June 2014
| url = http://allafrica.com/stories/201406051108.html
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140610095552/http://allafrica.com/stories/201406051108.html
| archive-date = 10 June 2014
}}
</ref>
}}