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title: "Nigeria: No space to live"
description: "More than 600,000 people are staying in highly congested displacement camps across North-East Nigeria. This position paper outlines the consequences for displaced persons crammed into camps and lays out recommendations for national and international stakeholders."
url: "https://www.nrc.no/resources/position-papers/nigeria-no-space-to-live"
language: "en"
published: "2019-05-31T11:01:01Z"
modified: "2019-05-31T11:01:01Z"
---

Position paper

# Nigeria: No space to live

Published 31. May 2019

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[Nigeria](https://www.nrc.no/themes?categoryId=90) [Camp management](https://www.nrc.no/themes?categoryId=137) [Shelter and settlements](https://www.nrc.no/themes?categoryId=162)

More than 600,000 people are staying in highly congested displacement camps across North-East Nigeria. This position paper outlines the consequences for displaced persons crammed into camps and lays out recommendations for national and international stakeholders.

[**Download the position paper here.**](https://www.nrc.no/globalassets/pdf/position-papers/nigeria/no-space-to-live_position-paper_december-2018.pdf)