Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Country: Burkina Faso, Mali
HIGHLIGHTS
As the security situation is still volatile in northern Mali, during the period of June 2015 74 new refugees’ arrivals were registered by UNHCR and the government of Burkina Faso. The families mainly arrive from the regions of Gao and Timbuktu. UNHCR has welcomed them with shelters, food and NFI assistance and has provided them with legal documentation.
The official ceremony of the World Refugee Day was organised together with the government of Burkina Faso in Mentao camp, under the chairmanship of the Ministyr of Foreign Affairs and Regional and under the sponsorship of the embassy of Japan in Burkina Faso.
