BURKINA FASO / DISPLACED AIRLIFTS

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, airlifted 88 tons of emergency aid for refugees and internally displaced people in Burkina Faso. UNHCR

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:07
• Production Date: 22 June 2020
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES - UNHCR
• Subject Topical: AIR TRANSPORT; DISPLACED PERSONS; REFUGEE ASSISTANCE; SHELTER
• Geographic Subject: BURKINA FASO; MALI
• MAMS Id: 2548887
• Parent Id: 2548887
• Alternate Title: unifeed200622b

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STORY: BURKINA FASO / DISPLACED AIRLIFTS AID
TRT: 01:07
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESATRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: NATS

DATELINE: 19 JUNE 2020, OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO

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1. Various shots, aid supplies being offloaded from airplane

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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, airlifted 88 tons of emergency aid for refugees and internally displaced people in Burkina Faso.

The chartered Boeing 777 took off from UNHCR Global Stockpile hosted by the International Humanitarian city in Dubai and landed in Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou on Friday (19 Jun) - the eve of World Refugee Day.

The flight was donated by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, and Ruler of the Emirate of Dubai.

Violence in Burkina Faso has uprooted 921,400 people, while the country also hosts 21,000 refugees who fled violence in Mali. The conditions for people forced to flee are dire, with many sleeping rough or staying in makeshift shelters. The start of the rainy season, which this year brought exceptionally strong winds and heavy rainfalls, further exacerbates the need for shelter. Almost 70,000 internally displaced persons are currently residing in flood prone areas in Centre Nord and the Sahel regions.

UNHCR and its partners estimate that, in Burkina Faso, some 890,000 are in need of shelter assistance.

So far, the refugee agency has provided 10,000 shelters. Today’s airlift of 21,300 plastic sheets is expected to provide shelter or reinforce the homes of up to some 30,000 people forced to flee, allowing to decongest the most overcrowded sites.

This airlift is among the first responses to UNHCR’s appeal for US$186 million for the refugee and displacement crisis in Sahel launched a week ago. The appeal aims to provide.