SACLEPEA, Liberia, January 5 (UNHCR) – With the number of registered Ivorian refugees in Liberia topping 22,000 this week, UNHCR is about to step up the delivery of food and other aid to the new arrivals.
The refugees, mostly women and children, have fled because of mounting tension in the country since the presidential election in late November. Most are from western areas of Côte d'Ivoire and are in urgent need of food, shelter and clean water, which are all in short supply in Liberia's Nimba County, where the refugees are arriving.
A UNHCR statement on Wednesday said the refugee agency will send seven trucks this week from the Liberian capital of Monrovia to the eastern town of Saclepea in Nimba County. Five of the trucks will be carrying food and non-food supplies, while the other two are to transport construction material for a campsite to be built in or near Saclepea.
Brak komentarzy:
Prześlij komentarz