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Refugees to receive ID cards

[DRC] A member of the electorate wears a free T-shirt from a candidate in Kisangani.[Date picture taken: May 2006] Hugo Rami/IRIN
Un jeune homme arborant un T-shirt à l'effigie d'un candidat de Kisangani, dans la province Orientale
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    Refugees in Cote d’Ivoire are to receive identification cards under a programme launched on 25 May in Abidjan. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office for Cote d’Ivoire, the cards will be valid for a year and will be renewable.

    Blaise Cherif, UNHCR’s resident representative in Abidjan, told IRIN shortly before he travelled to camps in western Cote d’Ivoire to explain the measure to refugees there that Cote d’Ivoire had around 196,000 refugees, according to official figures.

    Over 95 percent are Liberians.

    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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