Number of Ivorian refugees arriving in Liberia? UN agency

The number of refugees entering Liberia from C?te d?Ivoire, which has been thrust into political uncertainty.

Cote d?Ivoire, the world?s largest cocoa exporter, was split by civil war in 2002 into a Government-controlled south and a rebel-held north.

The elections were expected to complete a UN-backed process of reunifying the country and restoring stability.

UNHCR teams have been registering and assisting the refugees, but the villages are far apart and the area has poor roads making transport difficult.

At the request of the local authorities, UNHCR has transferred the group to a transit centre at Bosso, 18 kilometres further from the border.

The refugees in both Liberia and Guinea come from villages along the border from Danane to Guiglo in western Cote d?Ivoire.