ABSTRACT
This paper is an exposition on the plight of refugees and displaced persons in Nigeria and the impact which their plight has had on the society. The research contends that displaced persons are victims of various kinds of injustices, confrontations, perpetrated by either the government against them or by other means like communal clashes, riots, terrorism, religious conflicts, natural disaster and so on, they remain within their country but outside their community While the refugees are those displaced but have sought for refuge across the borders of their country. The study is divided into six chapters, the research questions were answered using the responses gotten from the distributed questionnaires and oral interviews and were analyzed using the simple percentage table.
The study however, concludes that displaced persons and refugees have faced horrible situations which have invariably had negative impacts on the society as they depend on them for survival. Thus, the study suggested that the Nigerian government should tighten the security affairs of the nation and assist the refugees and displaced persons to get back to their various communities.
THE PLIGHT OF REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS IN NIGERIA: IMPACT ON SOCIETY.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION
1.1. Background of the Study 1
1.2. Statement of the Problem 5
1.3. Objective of the Study 6
1.4. Significance of the Study 6
1.5. Scope and Limitation of Study 7
1.6. Research Questions 8
1.7. Definition of Terms 8
1.8. Organization of Study 9
CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW
2.0 Introduction 11
2.2. Contextual Backgroumd and Situational Analysis. 11
2.2. Conceptual Clarification 13
2.3. Causes of Displacement in Nigeria. 17
2.4. The plight of Refugees and displaced persons in Nigeria. 19
2.5. Impact of Internal Displacement and Refugee Camping. 20
2.6. Theoretical Framework. 21
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1. Area of Study 23
3.1.2. Political Life 23
3.1.3. Economic life 24
3.1.4. Religious Life 25
3.1.5. Cultural Life 26
3.2. Sources of Data 27
3.3. Instruments for Data collection 27
3.4. Data Collection Methods 28
3.5. Data Analysis Methods 29
3.6. Data Validation Method 29
CHAPTER FOUR DATA ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS
4.0. Introduction 30
4.1. Data Analysis 30
CHAPTER FIVE DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS
5.1 Discussion of findings 38
5.2 Implication of findings 41
CHAPTER SIX SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
6.1 Summary 44
6.2 Conclusions 45
6.3 Recommendations 46
6.4 proposals for Further Studies 47
References 50
Appendices. 52
