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Liberian refugees in western Ivory Coast – in pictures

Liberian refugees in western Ivory Coast
Nicla II refugee camp, known as Peacetown, has evolved into a sprawling village in the forest outside Guiglo in western Ivory Coast Photograph: Tommy Trenchard/IRIN
Liberian refugees in western Ivory Coast
A Liberian refugee displays his ID card in Tabou, 30km from the border with Liberia. Many Liberians have been living in Ivory Coast for more than 20 years Photograph: Tommy Trenchard/IRIN
Liberian refugees: in western Ivory Coast
Graffiti in a derelict colonial mansion, home to Liberian refugees, in the coastal village of Sassandra, 400km west of Abidjan. Most refugees do not live in formal camps
Photograph: Tommy Trenchard/IRIN
Liberian refugees in western Ivory Coast
A Liberian refugee closes a hole in the tarpaulin that forms her shelter in Tabou transit camp. Liberia has been hit by civil war twice in recent memory (1989-96 and 1999-03)
Photograph: Tommy Trenchard/IRIN
Liberian refugees: in western Ivory Coast
Most of Tabou transit camp’s residents have now returned to Liberia, supported by the UN high commission for refugees (UNHCR) Photograph: Tommy Trenchard/IRIN
Liberian refugees: in western Ivory Coast
Liberian refugee children play on the beach in Tabou Photograph: Tommy Trenchard/IRIN
Liberian refugees in western Ivory Coast
A USAid box doubles as a makeshift curtain in Peacetown. Camp residents say levels of assistance have declined in recent years
Photograph: Tommy Trenchard/IRIN
Liberian refugees: in western Ivory Coast
Children here are often sent to collect firewood in the bush, but they claim some locals resent their presence, and intimidate them when they leave the camp Photograph: Tommy Trenchard/IRIN
Liberian refugees in western Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast is the only home many younger Liberian refugees have ever known Photograph: Tommy Trenchard/IRIN
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