WUNRN
UN Refugee Agency - UNHCR
COTE D'IVOIRE REFUGEE WOMEN &
CHILDREN IN LIBERIA
As
number of Ivorian refugees in
SACLEPEA, Liberia, January 5, 2011 (UNHCR) - The refugees, mostly women and children, have fled because of mounting tension in the Cote d'Ivoire/Ivory Coast 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......
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IOM - International Organization for Migration
IOM Press Briefing - February 11, 2011 - Côte d'Ivoire Crisis
Displaces Nearly 82,000 People in the Region - Nearly 82,000 people
have either been displaced within or outside of Côte d'Ivoire since the crisis
began though it is very likely that the true figure is higher.
As part of IOM efforts to track population movements caused by the political
stalemate and violence in the West African country in order to ensure those
that need help are given it, the Organization has so far gathered information
of nearly 82,000 people who have either been internally displaced or have
crossed the border into or through any one of Côte d'Ivoire's five neighbouring
countries.
The registration of internally displaced people (IDPs) by IOM, UNHCR, UNFPA,
UNDP, Caritas and the Ivorian Red Cross in the west of the country, in
particular Duékoué, Danané and Man, indicate so far about 42,000 IDPs there.
Another 34,500 are Ivorian refugees currently in camps in Liberia........