The UN refugee agency Friday warned that military operations against insurgents in Pakistan’s Mohmand agency could displace up to 90,000 people by the end of February if the fighting intensifies.
According to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), which aims to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees worldwide, fighting has already displaced some 25,000 people over the past week.
UNHCR has established two new camps, mainly to accommodate people who have been fleeing the Sagi and Dawezai areas of Mohmand agency since military operations intensified on January 27.
The agency said that many of those arriving at the camps have little more than the clothes on their backs, and winter clothes and shelter are urgently required.
The two camps are the first to be established by UNHCR for conflict-displaced Pakistanis within the tribal areas of the north-west since military operations against insurgents began in 2008.
In previous waves of conflict people fled to settled areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, seeking refuge in and around the city of Peshawar.
UNHCR has also deployed engineers, field and protection staff to Ghalanai,the administrative capital of Mohmand agency, and helped authorities to set up camps at Nahqi and Danish Kol to the north and north-east of Ghalanai. - pna
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