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Casamance refugees to move inland soon

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    Over 1,000 refugees from the Casamance region of southern Senegal will soon be moving to a new camp in Bambali, The Gambia, the UNHCR told IRIN on Friday.

    The camp is some 20 km north of the border with Senegal. When complete, it will offer greater security and range of activities than the existing three camps on the border; Dillah Doumaye, the UNHCR Representative in Dakar, Senegal, said. It has enough surrounding land for the refugees to engage in farming.

    The Senegalese government and the Mouvement des forces democratiques de Casamance, a pro-independence movement fighting since 1982, signed a peace accord on 16 March in the southern Casamance town of Ziguinchor.

    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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