Mauritania: Slaves, Fake Refugees and Lentils - the Mbera Camp in Mauritania

9 October 2013

Fake refugees, unsuitable food rations and a tradition of slavery that lives on in all but name are among the problems facing aid workers running a Malian refugee camp in southeastern Mauritania, where the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) has come in for sharp criticism.

Some 75,000 refugees from north Mali have sought safety and support in the Mbera camp, near the small town of Bassikounou, since fleeing their homes in March 2012 after Tuareg and Islamist separatists seized control of their home region.

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