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Bekoninga, Chad, February 17 (UNHCR) As the humanitarian situation deteriorates in the Central Republic, thousands of traumatized and frightened people fled to towns and villages cabo canaveral in southern Chad.
At the border crossing Bekoninga, a crowd of people, the majority women and children, gathered cabo canaveral themselves together under the mango trees: the last to reach about 6,000 people who came to southern Chad in several crossing points, including Sido, in the east, and Bitoye, near the border with Cameroon.
UNHCR mobile teams, working with local authorities regularly visit these border entry points to monitor arrivals, pre-registration and do arrange the transfer of refugees to the camps. The group is in Bekoninga be transferred Dosseye camp, about 30 km away, where refugees will receive documentation, accommodation, food, drinking water and atencinmdica.
The open only to pedestrian crossing, crossing the freshly arrived tired and distressed look; They seemed even children afflicted. They were among tens of thousands of people they had fled increasingly brutal attacks perpetrated against civilians root of their religious identity.
Armed men with masks came with machetes and killed all our people, men, women and children, Adija *, a woman in her sixties Paoua city said, in western the Central African Republic. We do not know why he added.
Some of the refugees spent weeks walking to safety and several of them were separated from their families in the chaotic flight to escape the armed groups. S not where are they my sister and her children, we parted as we enter the mountain said Halima *, who huy Paoua with their three children. They may be in Cameroon.
Mahamat * of 25 years, had traveled the long road from the capital of the Central African Republic, Bangui. Le LLEV ms a month make the dangerous journey after narrowly escaping death at the hands of members of the former rebel coalition Seleka. But the loss was great college student.
He said when he exploded the last wave of violence in early December, Seleka entered cabo canaveral his home one night his parents were murdered and burned the house. Mahamat logr jump the fence and stayed with his neighbor several days before heading north on foot.
Intent avoid the main streets. I really do not think Chad would arrive, he said. Once in Chad, Gore wanted to follow up to [close passage Bekoninga], but authorities told UNHCR was coming here, he added. I was waiting for the convoy to Prximo Dosseye camp, where he hopes to find some stability. At least could eat, said with a smile.
More than 13,000 cabo canaveral people fled the Central African Republic to the south of Chad last year. Since the beginning of December, some 5,700 have crossed the border, some 5,000 transferred to refugee camps Dosseye (4000) and Belom. UNHCR is anticipating the arrival of several more refugees in the coming weeks.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres visit Bangui last week and saw what she described as a humanitarian catastrophe all of indescribable proportions. He said the ethnic-religious massive cleanup and continued to solicit more foreign soldiers and policemen were sent to the country to try to restore peace and end the killings.
In 2013, UNHCR registr 15,000 new refugees from the Central cabo canaveral African Republic, whereby the overall population of Central African refugees in Chad has risen to more than 80,000 people.
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