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The humanitarian community in Zambia said on Wednesday it was concerned at how it would maintain access to the increasing number of refugees fleeing Angola into a remote area of southwest Zambia along the upper Zambezi valley.
“People have been crossing into one of the most remote areas. As the conflict across the border moves north in Moxico Province, we can expect a further influx,” Hans Jensen-Fangel, director of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) office in Zambia told IRIN on Wednesday.
Commenting on the sudden arrival in recent days of nearly 8,000 Angolans near the southwestern town of Sinjembela, he said: “They have turned up in one of the most inaccessible parts of the country.” As the rainy season continues he said, lorries carrying emergency supplies to the region were often stuck in mud for hours. At the same time, the river has not risen sufficiently for the deployment boats with supplies.
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