Lake_Chad_Basin_Displaced_2017-02-23.csv

Displacement figures for the Lake Chad Basin Crisis. Derived from http://ors.ocharowca.info/KeyFigures/KeyFiguresListingPublic.aspx.

Field Definitions

-- Period, #date+bin: Most recent available value for each location has been used to fill each date bin. The bins are Jan-Feb, Mar-Apr, etc.

-- Country, #country+name: Country in which the displaced persons are located

-- ReportedLocation, #adm1+name: Administrative Unit Level 1 in which the displaced persons are located

-- DisplType, #affected+type: Type of displacement (refugee or internally displaced person)

-- TotalTotal, #affected+displaced: Count of individuals displaced

As per the conventions in use by the humanitarian community, these displacement totals attempt to exclude individuals displaced by natural disasters or other crises. As such, the follow rules are applied:

--Only Niger, Cameroon, Chad, and Nigeria are included.

--In Chad, only Lac and Mayo-Kebbi Est administrative level 1 units are included.

--In Cameroon, only Extrême-Nord administraive level 1 unit is included.

--Only refugees from Nigeria are included.