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title: "Not ready to return"
description: "An in-depth study on the return intentions of displaced communities in Nigeria’s war-torn Borno State."
url: "https://www.nrc.no/resources/reports/not-ready-to-return"
language: "en"
published: "2017-10-11T17:00:00Z"
modified: "2017-10-11T16:57:09Z"
---

Report

# Not ready to return

Published 11. Oct 2017

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[Nigeria](https://www.nrc.no/themes?categoryId=90) [Internal displacement](https://www.nrc.no/themes?categoryId=156) [War and conflict](https://www.nrc.no/themes?categoryId=308)

An in-depth study on the return intentions of displaced communities in Nigeria’s war-torn Borno State.

The conflict between the Nigerian Armed Forces and Islamic extremists Boko Haram has left over 20,000 people killed over the past nine years. Being a highly volatile and difficult-to-access context, little is known about the intentions of the 1.8 million people internally displaced in Nigeria’s northeast. The report [Not ready to return](https://www.nrc.no/globalassets/pdf/reports/nigeria/not-ready-to-return---report-summary.pdf) is one of the largest studies on the plans for return of displaced people in Borno State - the epicentre of the crisis. It investigates if communities are ready to return home, where they will go and when. This document is a summary of the key findings and recommendations of the report.

- [Download the full report here.](https://www.nrc.no/globalassets/pdf/reports/nigeria/full_reach_nga_report_idp_intentions_in_borno_state_september_2017.pdf)