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UNICEF: The "Silent Emergency" of CAR refugees

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Channel: UNICEF · 2009 · Nonprofits & Activism

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DHAHONG, Cameroon, 6 July 2009  On the surface, the refugee situation in eastern Cameroon looks like a success, but it is also one of immense chaos. Since 2002, over 60,000 refugees from the neighbouring Central African Republic (CAR) have been integrated into host communities here.

There are no refugee camps, and there is peaceful co-existence between Cameroonians and Central Africans, who are fleeing kidnappings and killings by armed groups and bandits in CAR.

Five years since the influx began, the integration of refugees and host communities still holds. However, resources are becoming increasingly strained.

It has reached an urgent level, but no one knows, said Ms. Clemens. There has been very little attention to the situation, and that is why we are calling this a silent emergency.

To read the full story, visit http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/cameroon_50165.html

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