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Liberian Refugees Suspend Protest

The NEWS (Monrovia)

NEWS
25 March 2008
Posted to the web 25 March 2008
Monrovia
Hundreds of Liberian women living in Ghana have suspended a five-week sit-in
protest against their repatriation.
The women ended their demonstration at Buduburam refugee camp in the Central
Province of Ghana after Liberia's envoy visited.
The ambassador assured he would present their concerns to the Ghanaian
authorities and the United Nations.
The protest is directed against a UN plan to offer each of the refugees $100 to
return to Liberia. About 16 were repatriated at the weekend to Monrovia.
On Monday, the UN refugee agency called on the Ghanaian government to suspend
the deportations.
Tens of thousands of Liberians remained in Ghana some five years after the end
of the civil war and officials have had months of talks on the best way of
getting them home.

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