01 April 2004, 17:42

Sputnik refugee camp dismantled in Ingushetia

Sputnik, one of the two last refugee tent camps in Ingushetia, was closed on Thursday, April 1, Ivan Pomeshchenko, head of a working group in the Russian Interior Ministry's Federal Migration Service, told the agency.

"The Sputnik tent camp no longer exists. The last tent was folded there today," he said.

The last 137 refugees left the camp for Chechnya on Thursday, he said.

Editors note: See also the article "Forcible liquidation of refugee camps in Ingushetia".

Source: Interfax News Agency

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