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UNHCR announces closure of camps in eastern DR Congo

Xinhua, October 1, 2015 Adjust font size:

The United Nation High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) on Wednesday announced closure of several camps holding displaced people in North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo).

UNHCR said the closure of the camps was as a result of consultations with DR Congo authorities and the entire humanitarian community.

"The process that targets about 2,200 displaced persons, is part of efforts to search for sustainable solutions and improvement of the humanitarian response in displacement sites," said Simon Englebert Lubuku, the UNHCR spokesman in DR Congo.

"A majority of the displaced persons chose to settle in the villages of their own choice while 14 percent among them wished to be transferred to other sites," the spokesman added.

The UN refugee agency said refugees who had decided to settle in a village will be provided with support in terms of transport and food. Enditem