This photographer is using his lens to highlight refugee crisis in Nigeria

omotolani

September 7, 2017 4:37 PM

Maiduguri alone is estimated to host between 1.2 million to 2 million refugees.

North-east Nigeria has been hit by a displacement crisis that experts say dwarfs any migration flows seen in Europe in recent years.

Since the Boko Haram insurgency began, more people have migrated to Chad, Niger. Maiduguri alone is estimated to host between 1.2 million to 2 million refugees.

One photographer Dominic Nahr however is documenting the refugee crisis through his lens.

1. No space in the paediatric ward

Two young children sleep on a blue mat outside the pediatric ward in the main hospital in Bol in Chad.

2. A young girl gathers water in Kaya, an internally displaced persons camp

All of the inhabitants drink the water directly from the lake, creating health risks due to the lack of proper sanitation.

Many have left because the lack of food and decided to go back to their villages on islands, risking Boko Haram or government attacks.

3. A young woman is brought to the hospital in Bol

A young woman is carried to a mobile clinic after travelling on a horse and cart for over 30km before being brought to the main hospital in Bol from Yakoua town.

4. People are surrounded by dried up rivers and lakes

5. Men sit inside the main chief's hut in Diamaram

As violence and attacks were too much for the villagers to bare, they decided to return back to where their ancestors had begun. Now they are surrounded by dried up rivers and desert.

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