Abstract            Volume:14  Issue-6  Year-2026         Original Research Articles

Online ISSN : 2347 - 3215 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcret@gmail.com

This article examines the activities of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Niger through a qualitative analysis of refugee governance in reception centers, with particular attention to outsourcing practices in the Agadez region. Grounded in fieldwork, the study explores mechanisms of supervision, protection, and assistance for refugees, asylum seekers, and internally displaced persons (IDPs). The findings indicate that UNHCR plays a central role in humanitarian assistance, including the provision of shelter, food aid, water access, psychosocial support, and healthcare, as well as facilitating asylum procedures and third-country resettlement. Since its establishment in Niger in 1999, the organization has expanded its operations in response to regional insecurity, notably in the Liptako-Gourma region and the Lake Chad Basin, where armed violence has generated large-scale displacement. Recent data underscore the scale of this expansion: between 2016 and 2024, the number of refugees and asylum seekers in Niger more than doubled, rising from 138,321 to 306,194 individuals (DTM 2024). These dynamics highlight both the intensification of humanitarian needs and the growing institutionalization of migration management in the region.

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