Assisting Refugees at Matanda Camp in Uganda: "They were completely exhausted."

December 12, 2008

For the past several weeks Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have been assessing the refugee situation at the border of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda. According to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, more than 27,000 people have crossed the border with Uganda since the end of August.

Monique Doux, Field Coordinator in Matanda Refugee camp, close to the border town of Ishasha, talks about the situation there.

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Tags: Uganda, Refugees and IDPs, Democratic Republic of Congo, Conflict in Eastern DRC

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