Malian Refugees Face Increasing Risks
January 22, 2013
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The aid group Oxfam warns as fighting escalates in northern Mali, the plight of refugees is expected to get worse. It says current humanitarian operations could be overwhelmed unless major changes are made to meet growing demands.
In the past year, nearly 150,000 people have fled to Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Niger. But while they sought safe haven in those countries, Oxfam says the refugees face increasing threats to their safety and well-being.
“In general, the situation is not good in refugee camps. If we can say that essential and basic needs have been met, there’s still lots of work to be done,” said Ilaria Allegrozzi, the group’s policy and campaign manager, who is in the capital, Bamako.
Especially, she said, regarding nutrition, education and protection.
“Up to 21-percent of children in refugee camps are malnourished, which is definitely very, very high,” she said.
The warning threshold set by the World Health Organization is 15-percent. The 21 percent figure was reported at a camp in Niger.
“There’s a major shortfall in the provision of primary education. And this really puts children at further risk. In Mauritania, only 12 percent of the refugees of primary school age have been enrolled in M’bera camp in Mauritania,” she said.
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