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STORY: UNHCR / CAR REFUGEES
TRT: 2:41
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: FRENCH /NATS
DATELINE: 24-26 FEBRUARY 2021, ZONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
1.Drone shot, Ubangi river
2.Drone shot, area where Central Africa Refugees have put up temporary shelters
3.SOUNDBITE (French) Tiann Nkawa, UNHCR Democratic Republic of Congo:
“We are in Congo-Rive, one of the villages in the district of Zongo.”
4. Various shots, Tiann and UNHCR colleague
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Tiann Nkawa, UNHCR Democratic Republic of Congo:
“I am Tiann Nkawa. I am an assistant administrator for information management.”
6. Wide shot, Central African refugees walking
7. Med shot, child sitting on a chair
8. Med shot, woman sitting in temporary makeshift shelter
9. SOUNDBITE (French) Tiann Nkawa, UNHCR Democratic Republic of Congo:
“The refugees, the asylum seekers themselves here, live in very bad conditions
It is really difficult to explain how they manage to survive because we have found people living outside.”
10. Med shot, child being tested for malnutrition with arm band
11. SOUNDBITE (French) Tiann Nkawa, UNHCR Democratic Republic of Congo:
“There are health conditions. We have found malnourished children. We have found hungry people.”
12. Various shots, children
13. SOUNDBITE (French) Tiann Nkawa, UNHCR Democratic Republic of Congo:
“There are several illnesses that are already being found here in the field. There are serious problems with water. There is no water to drink.”
14. Wide shot, young girl carrying two children
15. Med shot, two children
16. SOUNDBITE (French) Tiann Nkawa, UNHCR Democratic Republic of Congo:
“Here, we are in an emergency situation. So, it is important to understand that the conditions are extraordinary.”
17. Medium shot, refugee family in masks
18. Wide shot, refugees waiting for registration
19. Med shot, staff registering refugees
20. Close up, woman carrying child
21. SOUNDBITE (French) Tiann Nkawa, UNHCR Democratic Republic of Congo:
“The important thing for us is to serve all those people who are in need, that we can give them protection, that we can give them refugee status to help them and provide them with some kind of well-being.”
22. Med shot, two women and child
23. Close up, woman’s face
24. Close up, child’s face
Central African refugees are living in makeshift shelters and struggling to care for their families in hard-to-reach areas close to the border in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Close to 120,000 Central Africans have fled their country into neighbouring Cameroon, Chad and the Republic of Congo, with the majority finding safety in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since election-linked violence erupted in December. Some 164,000 more are displaced inside CAR.
In DRC, conditions are dire with many refugees still sleeping in makeshift shelters. They have little or no access to drinking water, sanitation, and food. Some have been welcomed in host families, and reports indicate that up to three refugee families are living in a single small home.
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is implementing the biometric registration of the refugees to establish the number of new arrivals and to identify people with specific needs or vulnerabilities. Over 65,000 refugees living in very remote and hard to reach areas have been registered so far.
Following registration, UNHCR has been able to relocate hundreds of refugees away from border areas to safer sites further inland donated by the government, where they can receive further humanitarian assistance and protection.
Relocation from the border area of Yakoma, a district further north from Zongo began in April with refugees moving to a village called Modale that is expected to accommodate up to 10,000 people. A similar site close to Zongo, in South Ubangi Province is being identified.
Nearly one third of the Central African Republic (CAR)’s population of 4.7 million have been forced to flee after years of on and off again conflict.
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