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Pool refugees in poor condition

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    Refugees from the Pool region of Congo-Brazzaville are arriving in "increasingly poor condition," UNHCR said. In its latest Great Lakes update received by IRIN on Thursday, UNHCR said malnutrition rates among recent arrivals had risen dramatically, with eight deaths registered during one day last week at the Luozi transit centre, which shelters 270 people. Meanwhile, UNHCR since April has transferred some 13,000 Congolese
    refugees back to Brazzaville, by road through Bas-Congo and then by boat from Kinshasa, avoiding the Pool region that has been dubbed by the refugees as a "corridor of death," the update said. Another 10,000 refugees are estimated to have returned to Brazzaville on their own.

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