Abdulhamid Mohammed fled his home in northeast Nigeria in 2015, chased into neighbouring Chad by jihadists who torched homes and shot civilians in his lakeside village.

A decade later, little has changed in the fishing community of Doron Baga — though that didn’t stop the government from trying to send him back there earlier this year.

As jihadist violence has ticked down from its peak a decade ago, Nigeria has closed down most displacement camps on its own soil and repatriated refugees living abroad, in an effort to repopulate the countryside and restore “dignity” for people driven from their homes.

A deal struck in February between Nigeria, Chad and the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, saw nearly 8,000 refugees return voluntarily to Nigeria.

But many like Mohammed are considering returning

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