Article: UN agency moves Central African refugees away from Chad border

UN agency moves Central African refugees away from Chad border

GENEVA, March 18 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations refugee agency has begun moving some of the estimated 14,000 refugees who recently fled violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) away from the border in southern Chad to more accessible areas.

Ron Redmond, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), said at a press briefing in Geneva on Tuesday that the first group of nearly 700 people was transferred Saturday from the border town of Maya to a temporary transit site 25 km further inland, near the village of Dembo.

"By the end of this week, we expect to have moved around 4,250 refugees to the Dembo site ...

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