COVID-19 and the State of Conflict-Induced Internally Displaced Persons in North-Eastern Borno State of Nigeria

Victor Sokari, Adewale Idowu Harrison
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The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had adverse effects on the health and socio-economic lives of people all over the world. These effects could be disproportionately felt by vulnerable populations of which conflict-induced internally displaced persons (IDPs) are part of. While attention is often focused on the effect of the pandemic on other populations, vulnerable populations like the IDPs are often neglected. This article fills this gap by examining the state of conflict-induced IDPs in conflict-ridden Borno State of Nigeria in the face of the pandemic. The article adopts an exploratory research design and the qualitative method, using primary data sourced from semi-structured interviews, and analyses the data using discourse analysis. Findings show that given the living conditions in the IDP camps, social/physical distancing was difficult to practice, that special measures were put in place to protect IDPs from contracting the virus; that the lockdown occasioned by COVID-19 had an adverse effect on the welfare of IDPs; and that the pandemic brought new health and safety challenges in the IDP camps, but not security challenges. The article concludes that the pandemic had adversely impacted the lives of conflict-induced IDPs, albeit, it had not spread among them.
2019冠状病毒病与尼日利亚东北部博尔诺州冲突引发的国内流离失所者状况
冠状病毒(COVID-19)大流行对世界各地人民的健康和社会经济生活产生了不利影响。弱势群体尤其容易感受到这些影响,而冲突引发的国内流离失所者就是其中的一部分。人们往往把注意力集中在大流行病对其他人群的影响上,而国内流离失所者等弱势群体往往被忽视。这篇文章填补了这一空白,审查了尼日利亚博尔诺州冲突频发的国内流离失所者在面对疫情时的状况。本文采用探索性研究设计和定性方法,使用半结构化访谈的原始数据,并使用语篇分析对数据进行分析。调查结果表明,鉴于国内流离失所者营地的生活条件,很难实行社交/物理距离,并采取了特别措施保护国内流离失所者免受病毒感染;COVID-19造成的封锁对国内流离失所者的福利产生了不利影响;疫情给国内流离失所者营地带来了新的健康和安全挑战,但没有带来安全挑战。文章的结论是,这种流行病对冲突引起的国内流离失所者的生活产生了不利影响,尽管它没有在他们之间蔓延。
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