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Addressing The Influx of Burkinabés -Liberia Initiates National Consultative Dialogue

A high-level national consultative dialogue on the influx of over 40,000 undocumented Burkinabés has been held in Paynesville, outside Monrovia to frame a contingency plan to deal with the ongoing situation. Statistics from the Liberia Refugee Repatriation Resettlement Commission (LRRRC) and its partners such as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), among others, shows that the over 40,000 Burkinabés fled their country to seek refuge in Liberia due to violence, occasioned by jihadist attacks and the effects of global warming. Most of theRead More