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Article: REFUGEES TRAPPED IN GUINEA WHILE UN DELIBERATES.(United Nations)(Brief Article)
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- Canadian Dimension
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- March 1, 2001
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About a quarter of a million refugees, trapped in the southern region of Guinea that protrudes into Sierra Leone and Liberia, are facing a "humanitarian catastrophe unknown by the Western powers," reports the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
While a majority of the refugees in camps are from Sierra Leone, a number of Liberians and Guineans who have been displaced by fighting have also cloistered in the area.
The refugees are said to be trapped between Guinean government forces and those of rebel Guinean dissidents. Hundreds of refugees have been killed and many more injured in attacks carried out by both sides. Prevented from ...