LUANDA-KINSHASA, 20 Oktober 2009 (IRIN): – A burgeoning humanitarian crisis among the tens of thousands of people expelled by the DR Congo (former Zaire) to neighbouring Angola is beginning to unfold.
– The fears of a humanitarian emergency and the needs of the people have been confirmed, said the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) representative, Bohdan Nahajlo, after an assessment visit to the affected region in northern Angola.
The most urgent needs of the expelled are shelter, food, medicine and sanitation facilities.
Tit-for-tat expulsions since August 2009 by the governments of Angola and DRC have led to more than 32.000 Angolans being repatriated to Angola, and about 18.800 Congolese nationals being deported from Angola. Following talks on 13 October in the DR Congo capital, Kinshasa, both countries agreed to “immediately stop the expulsions of citizens of their respective states”.
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