Intention Survey of Nigerian Refugees in DIFFA Region 2021
Country
Name
Country code
Niger
NER
Study type
Sample Frame, Households [sf/hh]
Abstract
Nigerian Refugees and Asylum seekers represent the largest population of Persons of Concern in Niger with a total of 187,065 under the UNHCR Mandate as per the 2021 figures. Intention surveys are regularly conducted by the UNHCR as part of its durable solution to displacement. This survey was conducted between August and September 2021 in the DIFFA region of Niger, located close to the Nigeria border. The data collected was used to understand the Nigerian refugees living in the region voluntary intention to return in their country/location of origin, to integrated locally in Niger or naturalize. There were 2 phases to the data collection covering 09 localities of Niger, namely: Maine, Diffa ville, Chétimari, Boudouri and Mainé-soroa, Assaga, Keblewa, Kintchandi, N'Guigmi and Toumour. Around 6900 individuals were interviewed.
Kind of Data
Event/transaction data [evn]
Unit of Analysis
Individual
Version
Version Description
v2.1: Edited, cleaned and anonymised data.
Version Date
2022-09-15
Scope
Notes
The scope includes:
- Refugees Profile
- Return Intentions
- Motivations for return
- Population Vulnerabilities
Topics
Topic
Protection
Return
Keywords
Keyword
Return
Solutions
Protection
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
Diffa/Niger
Universe
Nigerian Refugees
Producers and sponsors
Primary investigators
Name
UNHCR
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection
Start
End
2021-06-18
2021-10-01
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Data Collectors
Name
DEDI
Access policy
Contacts
Name
Affiliation
Email
Curation team
UNHCR
microdata@unhcr.org
Citation requirements
UNHCR (2022). Niger: Intention Survey of Nigerian Refugees in DIFFA Region 2021. Accessed from: https://microdata.unhcr.org