Flygtninge fra Elfenbenskysten udgør et stadigt voksende problem i nabolandende. Liberia, som selv har problemer nok at tage sig af, modtager tusinder af flygtninge. FNs Flygtningehøjkommisariat forsøger af afbøde skaderne.
With people continuing to flee westwards from Côte d’Ivoire, UNHCR has started constructing a new camp for refugees in the eastern Liberian town of Bahn.
The camp will initially be capable of housing some 18,000 refugees.
UNHCR site planners and the local community are working together to clear 80 hectares (200 acres) of jungle for the camp, which lies on land provided by the Liberian authorities.
There are now an estimated 25,000 Ivorian refugees in Liberia, with around 600 people arriving daily because of the tension and uncertainty that has pervaded life in Côte d’Ivoire since the presidential election in late November. Refugees continue to tell UNHCR staff that, in most cases, they are fleeing fear of violence rather than actual violence against them.
