Internally displaced person camps in Borno State, Nigeria were centers accommodating Nigerians who had been forced to flee their homes but remain within the country's borders.
Displaced persons camps in Maiduguri accommodated from 120,000 to 130,000 people, while those in local government areas ranged above 400,000.[when?
[3] Millions of people became homeless as a result of the jihadist terrorist group Boko Haram's insurgency, which centres on Borno and began in 2009.
[4] Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps remained 32 in Borno, 16 of which were located in Maiduguri, while 16 were in local government areas.
"[2] In January, the Air Force mistakenly bombed an IDP camp in Rann.