Inclusion and exclusion in the north-east Nigeria crisis

The humanitarian response in north-east Nigeria is an important opportunity to examine barriers to more inclusive humanitarian action in large-scale, complex and protracted displacement crises. Acknowledging the immense operational challenges facing humanitarian actors, this study found that the res...

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Published in:Policy File 2021
Main Authors: Barbelet, Veronique, Njeri, Sarah, Onubedo, Grace
Format: Report
Language:English
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Overseas Development Institute
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Summary:The humanitarian response in north-east Nigeria is an important opportunity to examine barriers to more inclusive humanitarian action in large-scale, complex and protracted displacement crises. Acknowledging the immense operational challenges facing humanitarian actors, this study found that the response is not systematically inclusive, which has led to the exclusion of entire communities, therefore undermining its relevance, effectiveness and impartiality. This study found that a lack of adequate engagement with diverse communities and consideration of longer-term and structural processes of exclusion, as well as the specific exclusionary effect of the conflict, meant that the humanitarian response further exacerbated and contributed to the exclusion of already marginalised populations. The paper makes recommendations for immediate action by humanitarian actors in north-east Nigeria, as well as recommendations for tracking exclusion and supporting inclusive humanitarian action more broadly.