International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Refugees in limbo

Photos: 
Leontine Dehoua Lato with other Ivorian refugees in Blemieplay
This room and an adjacent corridor houses 24 refugees.
An IRC medical team carries vaccines and drugs to Blemieplay
An Ivorian refugee receives oral polio vaccine.
An IRC staff member in Blemieplay prepares a vaccination
IRC medical workers assist Liberian health workers and community volunteers
An Ivorian refugee suffering from with malaria is examined
David Ghiah, a health worker, examining an Ivorian refugee
Children are being examined for symptoms of malaria
Ivorian refugee children
Photo: Peter Biro/IRC

Waves of refugees have fled to Liberia after widespread violence broke out in Ivory Coast following disputed presidential elections there. The IRC is assisting uprooted people on both sides of the border.