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  • List of abbreviations and glossary
  • Introduction
  • Guidance note
  • Common analysis
  • 1. Nigeria: Political, social and security overview
  • 2. Actors of persecution or serious harm
  • 3. Refugee status
    • 3.1. Individuals within the reach of Boko Haram
    • 3.2. Individuals with perceived links to Boko Haram
    • 3.3. Members and perceived supporters of pro-Biafra separatist movements
    • 3.4. Individuals (perceived as) not supporting the pro-Biafra cause
    • 3.5. Members and supporters of political parties
    • 3.6. Individuals belonging to herder or farmer communities
    • 3.7. Christians and Muslims in specific areas
    • 3.8. Protesters, human rights defenders and activists
    • 3.9. Journalists and other media workers
    • 3.10. Individuals accused of witchcraft
    • 3.11. Individuals refusing chieftaincy titles
    • 3.12. Persons with diverse SOGIESC
    • 3.13. Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings
    • 3.14. Women and girls
    • 3.15. Children
    • 3.16. Individuals with disabilities, including mental health issues
  • 4. Subsidiary protection
    • 4.1. Article 15(a) QD/QR: death penalty or execution
    • 4.2. Article 15(b) QD/QR: torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
    • 4.3. Article 15(c) QD/QR: indiscriminate violence in situations of armed conflict
      • 4.3.1. Armed conflict (international or internal)
      • 4.3.2. Qualification of a person as a ‘civilian’
      • 4.3.3. Indiscriminate violence
      • (a) Security situation in Nigeria: recent events
      • (b) Assessment of indiscriminate violence per state
      • 4.3.4. Serious and individual threat
      • 4.3.5. Qualification of the harm as a ‘threat to (a civilian’s) life or person’
      • 4.3.6. Nexus/‘by reason of’
  • 5. Actors of protection
  • 6. Internal protection alternative
    • 6.1. Part of the country
    • 6.2. Safety
    • 6.3. Travel and admittance
    • 6.4. Reasonableness to settle
    • 6.5. General conclusion on the applicability of IPA
  • 7. Exclusion
  • Annex: Country of origin information references
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COMMON ANALYSIS
Last update: March 2026
 

The contents of this part include:

  • 1. Nigeria: Political, social and security overview
  • 2. Actors of persecution or serious harm
  • 3. Refugee status
    • 3.1. Individuals within the reach of Boko Haram
    • 3.2. Individuals with perceived links to Boko Haram
    • 3.3. Members and perceived supporters of pro-Biafra separatist movements
    • 3.4. Individuals (perceived as) not supporting the pro-Biafra cause
    • 3.5. Members and supporters of political parties
    • 3.6. Individuals belonging to herder or farmer communities
    • 3.7. Christians and Muslims in specific areas
    • 3.8. Protesters, human rights defenders and activists
    • 3.9. Journalists and other media workers
    • 3.10. Individuals accused of witchcraft
    • 3.11. Individuals refusing chieftaincy titles
    • 3.12. Persons with diverse SOGIESC
    • 3.13. Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings
    • 3.14. Women and girls
    • 3.15. Children
    • 3.16. Individuals with disabilities, including mental health issues
  • 4. Subsidiary protection
    • 4.1. Article 15(a) QD/QR: death penalty or execution
    • 4.2. Article 15(b) QD/QR: torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
    • 4.3. Article 15(c) QD/QR: indiscriminate violence in situations of armed conflict
  • 5. Actors of protection
  • 6. Internal protection alternative
    • 6.1. Part of the country
    • 6.2. Safety
    • 6.3. Travel and admittance
    • 6.4. Reasonableness to settle
    • 6.5. General conclusion on the applicability of IPA
  • 7. Exclusion

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