THEMATIC REPORT 2017 Most of the clients in Cameroon are undocumented migrants or asylum seekers. An estimated 500,000 people have fled armed conflict with Boko Haram to Cameroon. TORTURE AND MIGRATION Figure 7. Legal Residence Status: Cameroon 6% 35% 62% Undocumented 62% Asylum Seeker 35% Temporary Protection 6% This population group contains clients from all ages at the time they experienced torture. In line with what many IRCT member centres report, torture is ubiquitous and can impact people of all ages. The clients in this population group tended to be younger. Most of them – 59.6 percent – were under the age of 35 at the time torture occurred. Over one fourth of this population group – 27.4 percent – were aged 24 and under, the United Nations definition of “youth”. 7.5 percent of the clients in this sample were children at the time they experienced torture, with some as young as 9 years of age. (see Figure 8, following page) 7.5% of the clients in this sample were children at the time they experienced torture. page 15