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May 11, 2012

U.N. Relief Coordinator: Dire Conditions for Afghan Refugees 
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In other news from Afghanistan, the United Nations' top humanitarian
official is warning internally displaced refugees continue to face dire
conditions. Emergency Relief coordinator Valerie Amos spoke out after
visiting a refugee camp near Kabul.

Valerie Amos: "The number of camps has more than doubled. We’re
talking to people who are here for a variety of reasons. People who have
returned as refugees and have no where else to go. Some are people who
have been displaced within Kabul from areas where there has been
fighting. Clearly there is a lot of work that we need to do. Talking to
the local municipality, because there is a real issue here of finding
land and helping people to relocate. The situation as we can all see
here is deeply, deeply distressing and expecting people to go on living
in these kinds of conditions is not acceptable."

 

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