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GEORGIA - INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT -
MOTHER, DAUGHTERS, FAMILY
Justyna Mielnikiewicz for The New York Times
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UNHCR - UN Refugee Agency
GEORGIA & SOUTH OSSETIA
Government sources suggest that some
100,000 people have been uprooted by the ongoing conflict. Up to 12,000 people
could be displaced within South Ossetia, say local authorities. Russian
officials in North Ossetia indicate that there are some 30,000 people from
South Ossetia now in the Russian Federation. Georgian authorities report that
several thousand people have fled from South Ossetia into Georgia proper.
There are
also reports of population movements within Georgia proper. In Gori, just south
of South Ossetia, local officials told a visiting UNHCR team on Sunday that up
to 80 percent of the population – some 56,000 people – had left. They said most
had gone towards Tbilisi but would return once the threat eased.
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