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New site identified for Liberian refugees

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    A new camp site capable of hosting 10,000 people has been identified in Jimmy Bargbo, Bo District, for Liberian refugees, UNHCR reported in its update for 3-9 September.

    The agency's implementing partners, the National Commission for Reconstruction, Resettlement and Rehabilitation; and Peace Winds of Japan are responsible for developing the site. Presently, UNHCR is caring for at least 3,000 Liberian refugees who arrived since May in Sierra Leone.

    Liberian refugees are housed in other temporary settlements, in the southern district of Bo, which they share with returning Sierra Leonean refugees. A UNHCR official told IRIN on Friday that with the new site the Liberians would be hosted together.

    Meanwhile, UNHCR reported that two boatloads of Sierra Leonean refugees had returned home from Conakry, Guinea. The MV Oberbeck arrived on 24 August with 208 passengers, 161 of whom were helped by UNHCR. The agency assisted the entire 174 passengers on the second voyage which ended in Freetown on 31 August.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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