UN begins verification of 18,000 Cameroonian refugees in Cross River
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees has started verification of 18,000 Cameroonian refugees in Calabar, Cross River state capital.
The refugees who are camped in different parts of the state were asked to assemble in Calabar with relevant documents for the exercise. Udama Stephen, a Red Cross Society psychiatric nurse, told journalists that the 18,000 refugees who would partake in the exercise will receive free medical treatment.
“Others include their nutrition, financial support and empowerment for the less privileged, basically for Cameroonian refugees in Cross River.”
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