Togo

More than 40,000 people have fled their homes for neighbouring Ghana and Benin since the end of volatile presidential elections in April, leading the UN Refugee Agency to oversee an urgent and increasingly challenging emergency relief operation in both countries. Refugees are scattered across large areas, stretching our resources and delaying important work on shelter and sanitation in some areas. Despite these difficulties, we continue to help refugees in every way we can.

Uzbekistan

Thanks to the UN Refugee Agency, more than 400 Uzbek refugees were dramatically airlifted to temporary sanctuary in Romania in late July. They had previously been unsuccessful in seeking asylum in neighbouring Kyrgyzstan after political unrest in their homeland forced them to flee. Relying on basic emergency relief items from UNHCR, the refugees now await the outcome of negotiations with a number of governments in their search for a safe place to resettle. Meanwhile, fears remain for the safety of 15 Uzbek refugees detained by Kyrgyz authorities and threatened with deportation to Uzbekistan. Urgent talks continue to secure their safe passage to a neutral third country.

Central African Republic

Frightened people continue to flee fighting in Central African Republic, crossing the border into Southern Chad where the UN Refugee Agency is already hurrying to relocate up to 10,000 refugees in danger of being cut off by heavy rains. Thanks to the generosity of donors, we will be able to carry on supplying essential relief like food, blankets and water buckets at the main camp in Amboko – where the refugees are being relocated. The camp now holds some 20,000 people. More than 45,000 Central African refugees, including many who fled their country following a coup in 2003, have already found refuge in Chad.

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