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Ivorian Refugees Flee Into Liberia

The NEWS (Monrovia)
NEWS
November 9, 2004
Posted to the web November 9, 2004

By Alloycious David
Monrovia
UNHCR Deploys in Nimba County
As violence resumed in neighboring Ivory Coast, More than 1,000 Ivorian
refugees have reportedly crossed into Liberia and are presently seeking refuge
in Buutuo and surrounding towns near the border in Nimba County.
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the
Ivorian refugees include women and children and are being accommodated in the
Northern border town of Buutuo.
Francesca Fontanini, UNHCR Public Information Officer said UNHCR, in
conjunction with its implementing partners, has provided basic non-food items
including mattresses, blankets, and other substantial items for the upkeep of
the refugees.
Fontanini said that UNHCR is trying to improve the drinking water condition in
Buutuo because according to her the number of hand pumps in the town could not
cater to the refugees and the citizens of the area.
The UNHCR Public Information Officer also said that UNHCR is also concentrating
on the transfer of the refugees to the Saclepea Refugee camps in Mah District,
also in Nimba County.
"But the deplorable road condition is a set back to the process", she lamented.
"Our plan now is to identify new transit centers near the border to assist
accommodate the refugees coming into the Country daily", Fontanini told The
NEWS Monday at the UNHCR head office.

   

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