Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of the closure of the Teacher’s Village camp in Borno State in Nigeria on the levels of sectarian violence in that country.

The Teacher's Village camp was closed in January 2022 by Borno State Government, as part of a wider programme of camp closures for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Borno State. This has resulted in the further displacement of vulnerable people, many of whom are now in areas where the security situation is more volatile and resources are more likely to be unavailable or overstretched.

We, alongside international partners, regularly raise these camp closures with the Borno State Governor and stress the need for IDPs to be supported in line with the Kampala convention. We also continue to support the Nigerian Government to implement long-term solutions that address the root causes of violence across Nigeria.