Liberia: Rescued Liberians Join Growing Tide of Returnees

After days of drifting on high seas, more than 200 Liberian refugees have been rescued from their stalled boat and repatriated to Liberia. A Dutch ship under the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) picked up the refugees who had been stranded for days off Liberia's Atlantic coast. Their self-chartered boat had developed technical problems near the south-eastern city of Harper after leaving Ghana, where most of them had been living in Buduburam camp.