UN Notes Unprecedented Influx of Refugees into Cameroon

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said an unprecedented number of refugees from the Central African Republic (C.A.R.) and Nigeria are still flowing into Cameroon, fleeing violence by anti-Balaka and Boko Haram militias. Many of the refugees are wounded and traumatized. UNHCR representative Ndeye Ndiougue Ndour told VOA many of the refugees are arriving with wounds from machetes or gunshots. "These people are arriving [at a rate of] about 10,000 per week. They arrive with many wounded...

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