Niger Republic Deports 3,000 Nigerians

Niger Republic have deported about 3,000 Nigerian refugees who escaped from Boko Haram.
According to AP, the refugees said they were compelled to return to Nigeria after Boko Haram last week attacked an island in Lake Chad. They also said the soldiers arrived at the fishing village of Lelewa and ordered them to leave.

Niger however on Monday said it was planning a military operation in the area to rout Boko Haram extremists and ordered its citizens to move further inland.

Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency said it was alerted by Niger and sent trucks to
collect the exhausted refugees at the border.

NNEMA's director of search and rescue said, “We thought there would be about 2,000 but we have already registered more than 3,000 and there are still more people coming.”