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are registering refugees for transfer to a camp in Mborguéne, 50km from Garoua-Bulai, but the site is more or less devoid of basic services. There are just two wells and one school, which is not functional. The nearest health clinic is 27 km away from the camp. Getting it up to scratch will require a
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activities, people are using alternative routes. “This has caused the number of entry points into Cameroon to grow from 12 to 27 over last three weeks, making it more challenging for our colleagues to monitor the border.”
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Some 30,000 refugees and returnees are estimated to have fled to East Region, where they are staying in the border towns of Garoua-Boulai,
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and Yokadouma, living in squalid conditions, sleeping under trees, trucks and tents - some provided by the UN Refugee Agency (
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La réforme de l’administration territoriale au Cameroun à la lumière de la loi constitutionnelle n° 96/06 du 18 janvier 1996
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In 2014, the town was severely impacted by the number of refugees fleeing the Central African Republic. On 12 March 2014,
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Refugees are being "moved from Garoua Boulay to the new site at Mborguene, which can host up to 10,000 people."
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Contrôle de gestion et performance des services publics communaux des villes camerounaises
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Two trans-African automobile routes pass through Garoua-Boulai:
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Garoua-Boulaï is located in Cameroon
5°53′N 14°33′E / 5.883°N 14.550°E / 5.883; 14.550
Cameroon
Region
East
Department
Lom-et-Djérem
Time zone
UTC+1
WAT
commune
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Baboua
IRIN
Kenzou
UNHCR
MSF
Cameroon Red Cross (CRC)
Kentzou
anti-Balaka
Tripoli-Cape Town Highway

Lagos-Mombasa Highway

Communes of Cameroon

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