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1 Tom Argent, USCR Site Visit to Sierra Leone and Guinea [i] (1996)

handle is hein.immigration/svsielg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: USCR SITE VISIT TO SIERRA LEONE AND GUINEA September/October 1996 Foreword The U.S. Committee for Refugees (USCR) has remained concerned about the situation in Sierra Leone, visiting that country five times in the past six years. Events in late 1996 appear to be at a pivotal point, prompting USCR's latest visit and this site visit report. In February 1995, USCR published The Usual People: Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons from Sierra Leone. The report highlighted the situation of an estimated 700,000 internally displaced Sierra Leoneans and 200,000 Sierra Leonean refugees. That report is available from USCR. In the two years since USCR issued The Usual People, the number of internally displaced SierraLeoneans has grown to one million or more, and the number of Sierra Leonean refugees now exceeds 300,000. In September and October 1996, USCR again traveled to Sierra Leone, visiting Freetown, the capital, the towns of Bo, Kenema, Koidu, and Potoru, and rural areas of Kono, Bo, and Pujehun districts. USCR interviewed internally displaced Sierra Leoneans, Liberian refugees, aid workers with local, national, and international agencies, and participants in discussions on political and military issues. Following the visit to Sierra Leone, USCR traveled to Guinea to interview some of the 200,000 or more Sierra Leonean refugees there. This site visit report provides a brief update on the humanitarian and security situation in Sierra Leone in late 1996. This site visit report was written by Tom Argent, edited by Virginia Hamilton, and produced by Koula Papanicolas, all of the USCR staff. USCR Africa policy analyst Jeff Drumtra contributed to this report. 0 1996 Immigration and Refugee Services ofAmerica r -00

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