The Ghana Refugee Board (GRB) says it has put the security agencies in the country on high alert following intelligence reports that some Ivorian refugees living in refugee camps in the country are planning mayhem over irregular food supply.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0board says the police have been alerted\u00a0and are keeping surveillance in the camps.<\/p>\n
Even though the political upheaval in Cote D\u2019Ivoire has ended, there are 9,631 Ivorian refugees and 1,077 asylum seekers living in camps at Ampain in the Western Region, Egyeikrom in the Central Region and Fetentaa in the Brong Ahafo Region.<\/p>\n
The Programmes Coordinator of the Board, Tettey Padi, talking to Citi News<\/b> explained that they had received a proposal from the World Food Programme, which directed that a portion of food rations was \u201cgoing to be replaced with cash.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said the complaints and threats of mayhem were borne from \u201cmisinformation,\u201d \u00a0on the part of the refugees, who believed that the refugee board and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) had \u201ckept some of the money to be used for feeding them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr. Padi, however, added that \u201cthere was nothing to worry about\u201d and \u00a0that the board was keeping an eye on the situation and would do everything possible to avoid any disturbances.<\/p>\n
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By: Edwin Kwakofi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n
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The Ghana Refugee Board (GRB) says it has put the security agencies in the country on high alert following intelligence reports that some Ivorian refugees living in refugee camps in the country are planning mayhem over irregular food supply. The\u00a0board says the police have been alerted\u00a0and are keeping surveillance in the camps. Even though the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":26122,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[1461,17],"yoast_head":"\n