Liberians Urged to Treat Refugees With Care

The acting Resident Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees or UNHCR, Madam Ioli Kimyaci, is urging all Liberians to stay informed and stop discrimination against refugees and welcome them in their hearts. Madan Kimyaci said anyone can be a refugee, admonishing Liberians not look down on refugee, but treat them like mothers, fathers and children.

She also disclosed that an estimated 40, 000 refugees- mostly Ivoirians, were currently residing in Liberia, noting that 77- percent of them were in three camps in Nimba, Grand Gedeh and Maryland Counties, while 23- percent were being harbored in communities, including the Liberian capital Monrovia.

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