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<p>The UK has provided £1 million to the International Committee of the Red Cross
(ICRC) in Nigeria to deliver food, safe water, clothes, shelter material and other
basic necessities to those people displaced following attacks by Boko Haram. A further
£1 million of UK funding is committed to the Nigerian Government’s “Safe Schools Initiative”
to help protect children at school in North East Nigeria and provide schooling to
children displaced by the violence. The UK has also contributed £1.7 million to the
UN’s and EU’s relief efforts in Nigeria.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition,
the UK is providing humanitarian support across the Sahel region – including £8m in
Niger and £5.5m in Chad - to in part help those countries address the refugee caseload
from Nigeria.</p><p> </p>
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