Since 2016, secessionists have been battling government soldiers in Cameroon's North West and South West regions, leaving thousands dead and forcing hundreds of thousands more to flee. While campaigners have long criticised the UAE for its treatment of migrants and routine deportations, the forced returns of Cameroonians this summer to a country beset by violence could amount to a violation of international law, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). The ministry said the detentions and deportations took place "in accordance with legal procedures" and in coordination with the embassies of the workers' home countries. 3, the UAE's interior ministry said it had deported most of the 376 people detained for offences related to human trafficking, assault, and extortion, charges which human rights groups have decried as bogus. Now they said if you go out (after curfew), they might shoot you," Christopher said by phone from the town of Tiko in Cameroon's South West region, referring to fighting between Anglophone separatists and government forces.Ĭhristopher was one of hundreds of African migrant workers - from Cameroon, Nigeria, and Uganda - who were arrested in late June in the UAE, and deported en masse in recent weeks. "Sometimes there's fighting, there are stray bullets. Now, the 26-year-old fears for his life after authorities in the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) deported him to Cameroon – where his home region is mired in conflict. * Sent home, many live in fear of conflict or exile to NigeriaīEIRUT, Sept 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Just months ago, Cameroonian migrant Wilfred Christopher had a home and stable job as a pastry chef in Abu Dhabi. * Abu Dhabi prison barred Cameroonian consul-general from visiting them
* Cameroonian migrants jailed in mass raids of African workers in UAE
Rounded up in mass raids in Abu Dhabi, Cameroonian expatriate workers were deported home - only to face fighting and the prospect of exile
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