Friday, 15 August 2003

CHECHEN OFFICIALS DENY DISPLACED PERSONS UNDER PRESSURE TO RETURN

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By empty (8/15/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Claims by a UNHCR official that Chechen displaced persons currently living in tent camps in neighboring Ingushetia are being pressured to return to Chechnya are untrue, Chechen Minister for Nationalities Affairs Taus Dzhabrailov told Interfax on 15 August. He added Chechens are returning from Ingushetia voluntarily. On 14 August, Chechen Prime Minister Anatolii Popov told journalists in Moscow that all camps in Ingushetia for Chechen displaced persons will be closed by 1 October.
Claims by a UNHCR official that Chechen displaced persons currently living in tent camps in neighboring Ingushetia are being pressured to return to Chechnya are untrue, Chechen Minister for Nationalities Affairs Taus Dzhabrailov told Interfax on 15 August. He added Chechens are returning from Ingushetia voluntarily. On 14 August, Chechen Prime Minister Anatolii Popov told journalists in Moscow that all camps in Ingushetia for Chechen displaced persons will be closed by 1 October. He said housing will be made available in Grozny for those who wish to return, while accommodation will be found in Ingushetia for those who wish to remain there. (Interfax)
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