Mauritania: New UN Report Highlights Needs of Malian Refugees in Mauritania

Nouakchott — Tens of thousands of Malians living in Mauritania's M'bera refugee camp will not be returning home in the near future and will rely on humanitarian assistance for many months to come, a new UN assessment mission concluded.

A joint assessment in the camp by the UN agency for refugees (UNHCR) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) this month also identified the urgent need to go beyond immediate life-saving assistance in an effort to help refugees become more self- reliant.

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