UNDRO 91/1143

SIERRA LEONE - DISPLACED PERSONS
EMERGENCY APPEAL
UNDRO SITUATION REPORT NO. 1
17 JULY 1991

I. GENERAL

FOLLOWING THE INCURSIONS OF LIBERIAN TROOPS, UP TO 80,000 PERSONS ARE NOW ESTIMATED TO BE INTERNALLY DISPLACED AND ACCESSIBLE IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SIERRA LEONE.

MOST OF THE DISPLACED, OFTEN IN VIRTUALLY DESTITUTE CONDITION SINCE THEY HAD TO FLEE FOR THEIR LIVES AND/OR WERE ROBBED BY REBEL TROOPS, HAVE FOUND TEMPORARY SHELTER WITH RELATIVES OR HAVE BEEN ACCOMMODATED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN AND AROUND THE TOWNS OF BO,