Liberia: Interview with Cllr Wheatonia Y. Dixon Barnes

Cllr Wheatonia Y. Dixon Barnes

Executive Director (Liberian Refugee Repatriation and Resettlement Commission)

2008-11-13
Cllr Wheatonia Y. Dixon Barnes

Can you give us a historical background of LRRRC and its main activities?

The Liberia Refugee Repatriation and Resettlement Commission (LRRRC) was enacted into law in 1993 to deal with the protection of refugees and all refugee related matters. Since then, we have also assisted internally displaced persons (IDPs). Assistance to this group was not really a part of our mandate but through an Executive Order we have taken over that responsibility. This was due to the problem of displaceme ...

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