{"id":30599,"date":"2014-07-09T09:58:28","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T09:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=30599"},"modified":"2014-07-09T09:58:28","modified_gmt":"2014-07-09T09:58:28","slug":"police-want-buduburam-camp-closed-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/07\/police-want-buduburam-camp-closed-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Police want Buduburam camp closed down"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Winneba District Police has added its voice to calls by residents of Gomoa Buduburam in the Central Region to get the\u00a0refugee camp in the area\u00a0completely closed down.<\/p>\n
The Buduburam\u00a0\u00a0refugee camp was established by the\u00a0United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)\u00a0in 1990 for Liberian refugees.<\/p>\n
The camp serves as home to more than 12,000\u00a0refugees\u00a0from\u00a0Liberia\u00a0who fled their country during the\u00a0first and second Liberian Civil War.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Citi News<\/strong>, the District Crime Officer for the Winneba Police Command, DSP Kofi Sarkodie says it has become necessary for the camp to be shut down because it is being used for criminal activities.<\/p>\n \u201cIt has now become a den of criminals both alien and nationals. A series of meetings have gone on within the region to ensure that measures are devised to remove these criminals from the camp.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Winneba District Police has added its voice to calls by residents of Gomoa Buduburam in the Central Region to get the\u00a0refugee camp in the area\u00a0completely closed down. The Buduburam\u00a0\u00a0refugee camp was established by the\u00a0United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)\u00a0in 1990 for Liberian refugees. The camp serves as home to more than 12,000\u00a0refugees\u00a0from\u00a0Liberia\u00a0who fled […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":30600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[273,57,1614,17],"yoast_head":"\n