Cedrick is one of about 100 residents who remain on the barge. Around 300 have been moved to places including Cardiff, Wolverhampton, Bristol and Worksop, ahead of its closure at the end of November.
For more than six years, there has been a guerrilla war in Cameroon between government forces and insurgents who want certain parts of the country to become an independent state.
Armed extremist groups also pose an ongoing threat in the Far North region.
Cedrick said: “I have been persecuted and my life’s in danger. I will be killed if I go back.”
He said his parents had been attacked, their house burned and his Dad’s car destroyed.
“So that’s why I’m here. I feel like here I’m at peace and my family can also be at peace,” he said.
“I wish to leave [the Bibby Stockholm] as well but it’s not my time yet so I have to hold on. I feel sad. I wish [former residents] all the best because we probably won’t see each other for a very, very long time.
“For now, I don’t know when I’m leaving, honestly. I’ve been on the barge for almost seven months and I don’t know when I’m leaving.”
