Human Rights Issues and the Rehabilitation of Cameroon Refugees in Cross River State

Abstract

This paper focuses on: investigating the relationship between the refugees and the host community; to examine the efforts of stakeholders on the health of the Cameroon refugees in Cross River state; to assess the efforts of stakeholders on the education of the Cameroon refugees in Cross River state; and to evaluate the impact of humanitarian activities on the living standard of refugees in Cross River state. To do this, a sample of 423 refugees and humanitarian organization staff from three local government of Cross River State were purposively selected to participate in the interview through which data was gathered for analysis. Using description statistics and thematic analysis, the data was analysed and the result shows that some rights of the refugees are at risk, many of the young refugees are out of school; food, hygiene and sanitation materials are not in steady supply; the Humanitarian organisations are not well funded; lands for the resettlement of refugees are not enough. Therefore, the study concludes that to protect the rights of the refugees in order to guarantee the effectiveness of their rehabilitation, these challenges have to be resolved as recommended.