VOA标准英语2011-Liberia Green Lights Camp to Shelter Ivor

Liberia's government has given the go-ahead to build a refugee camp for the 22,000 Ivorians who have already fled the violent, political crisis in Ivory Coast.

The head of the Liberia Refugee Repatriation¹ and Resettlement Commission says the country is doing all it can to accommodate Ivorian refugees who have flooded across Liberia's border.

Wheatonia Dixon Barnes said Nimba County residents who had been hosting the refugees are now being overwhelmed by their numbers.

"The exhaustion² capacity of the 23 villages that have been hosting them is really stressed, so we have to look at the next level. So the green light has been given to the international partners, or humanitarian³ partners, to start the camp process," Barnes said.

She says the camp will be built on a 80 to 120 hectare plot and should accommodate about 30,000 Ivorian refugees.

Barnes says they are trying to move refugees farther away from the border to villages that are closer to where the camp will be built.

"Right now there are some difficulties getting access to the refugees where they are located," Barnes added. "So we are encouraging them to slowly gravitate toward those places where we have distribution centers, more clinics, etc."

One Ivorian refugee says he is hopeful the stalemate between self-proclaimed President Laurent Gbagbo, and Alassane Ouattara will soon be resolved.

"I have my parents, my children, in Cote d'Ivoire, so for this reason I want peace to return as soon as possible,"
Ivorian refugee said.

With no end to the crisis currently in sight, many refugees say they will continue to pray for peace

1 repatriation   

n.遣送回国，归国

参考例句：

• The Volrep programme is the preferred means of repatriation. 政府认为自愿遣返计划的遣返方法较为可取。 来自互联网
• Arrange the cargo claiming and maritime affairs,crews repatriation,medical treatment,traveling so on. （六）洽办货物理赔，船舶海事处理，办理船员遣返，就医，旅游等。 来自互联网

2 exhaustion   

n.耗尽枯竭，疲惫，筋疲力尽，竭尽，详尽无遗的论述

参考例句：

• She slept the sleep of exhaustion.她因疲劳而酣睡。
• His exhaustion was obvious when he fell asleep standing.他站着睡着了，显然是太累了。

3 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。